SOLUTION: Pls need help 1. the length of the sides of a triangle are x+2,2x+3 and 5x. If perimeter is 21 find the lengths of the sides? the length of the shorts side is?

Question 987376: Pls need help
1. the length of the sides of a triangle are x+2,2x+3 and 5x. If perimeter is 21 find the lengths of the sides?
the length of the shorts side is?
the length of the longest side is?
the length of the intermediate is?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
to account for perimeter.

"x=2" is part way toward the finished solution. I do not say that x=2 is THE solution. You could finish the solution yourself by using x, now known, to evaluate the segment lengths of your given expressions.
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