SOLUTION: One side of triangle is 2 times the shortest side. The third side is 8 feet more than the shortest side. The perimeter is 76. Find all three sides.

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Question 1023034: One side of triangle is 2 times the shortest side. The third side is
8 feet more than the shortest side. The perimeter is 76.
Find all three sides.

Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!




Solve for , then calculate and . Presuming, of course, that the perimeter is measured in feet.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

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