Definition of isosceles triangle and examples.

An isosceles triangle is a triangle that has two congruent sides, or two sides of equal length.

In fact,  the word isosceles came from the Greek word " iso" meaning "equal" and the Greek word "skelos" meaning leg. 

Isosceles triangle


The sides that are equal are shown with the green lines and the base is shown with the blue line.

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