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Re: Is the triangle in the attached picture isosceles? [#permalink]
retro wrote:
The question comes into this list because it is a DS question. The concept is mathematical.

I'd disagree with the answer being A because IT DOES NOT PRECLUDE the third side also being equal.

It is not from the OG. It is from Nova's guide.

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Let me move it to the Data Sufficiency sub-forum and wait for others to respond.

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In contemporary mathematics, an equilateral triangle is normally considered to also be isosceles, in the same way that a square is considered to be a rectangle and a parallelogram. Euclid and other classical geometers, however, defined an isosceles triangle to be one with two equal sides and one unequal side. So there's no universal agreement about whether to consider an equilateral triangle to be isosceles. The GMAT simply can never test you on something that mathematicians cannot even agree about: many test takers could legitimately dispute the correct answer. This is the kind of technicality you'll never need to worry about, and you won't see a question like the one in the original post above on the real test.
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Re: Is the triangle in the attached picture isosceles? [#permalink]
It should be A.

This link calls equi. as a special case of isosceles
https://library.thinkquest.org/20991/geo/ietri.html

Retro - why did you rule out C i.e both together are sufficient. Point 1 gives a relationship between two sides and point 2 provides information for the other two
A=B
B<>C
implies A<>C, so it is an isosceles tri.
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Re: Is the triangle in the attached picture isosceles? [#permalink]
I am not ruling out C. In fact, that was my first choice but for a typo in my first post.

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Re: Is the triangle in the attached picture isosceles? [#permalink]
Please take a look at this Real GMAT question from the past.
isosceles-triangle-96685.html

GMAT does consider a triangle with at least 2 equal sides as isosceles.

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