SOLUTION: A triangle has a perimeter of 42m. The longest side is 2m less than the sum of the other 2 sides and 4 times the shortest side is 32m more than the difference between the 2 longer

Question 1025645: A triangle has a perimeter of 42m. The longest side is 2m less than the sum of the other 2 sides and 4 times the shortest side is 32m more than the difference between the 2 longer sides. What are the lengths of the 3 sides of the triangle?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Add 1 and 2,

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Add 1 and 3,

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Multiply 3 by 2 and subtract from 4,

Then,

and finally,

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