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Isosceles triangle, please find y and x and give/show work.

Isosceles triangle, please find y and x and give/show work.-example-1
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Explanation:

because it is an isoceles triangle (both legs are equally long), also both side angles on the baseline must be equally large.

so, we have

4x + 3 = 2x + 29

4x = 2x + 26

2x = 26

x = 26/2 = 13

41 = 3y + 2

39 = 3y

y = 39/3 = 13

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