SOLUTION: The sides of a triangle are in the ratio 3:4:5. If the perimeter of the triangle is 144cm, calculate the length of the longest side of the triangle.
Algebra.Com
Question 1006588: The sides of a triangle are in the ratio 3:4:5. If the perimeter of the triangle is 144cm, calculate the length of the longest side of the triangle.
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The perimeter of a 3-4-5 triangle is 12. The triangle in question is twelve times that, or 144. Thus the sides must be twelve times that as well, or
36:48:60 cm.
RELATED QUESTIONS
the length of the sides of a triangle are in the ratio 3:4:5. find the area of the... (answered by bucky)
If the sides of a triangle are in the ratio 3:4:5. what is the length of each side, if... (answered by checkley77)
The sides of a triangle are in the ratio 3:4:5. What is the length of each side if the... (answered by rfer,stanbon)
The sides of a triangle are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5. What is the length of each side if... (answered by sachi)
The sides of a triangle are in the ratio 3:4:5. What is the length of each side if the... (answered by jim_thompson5910)
The sides of a triangle are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5.What is the length of
each side if... (answered by jim_thompson5910)
the sides of the triangle are in the ratio 3:2:4 if the perimeter of the triangle is... (answered by edjones)
the sides of a triangle are in the ratio 3:4:5. what is the length of each side if the... (answered by Fombitz)
33) The sides of a rectangle are in the ratio 3 : 2. What is the length of each side if... (answered by stanbon)