SOLUTION: The lengths of the sides of a triangle are consecutive odd intergers. If the perimeter is 1 less than 4 times the shortest side, find the length of each side.
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Question 399819: The lengths of the sides of a triangle are consecutive odd intergers. If the perimeter is 1 less than 4 times the shortest side, find the length of each side.
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Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The lengths of the sides of a triangle are consecutive odd intergers. If the perimeter is 1 less than 4 times the shortest side, find the length of each side.
let the length of the sides be x, x+2,x+4
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x+x+2+x+4=4x-1
3x+6=4x-1
4x-3x=6+1
x=7
7, 9, 11
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