SOLUTION: If the perimeter of a triangle is 49 inches, what is the length of each side?

Question 230179: If the perimeter of a triangle is 49 inches, what is the length of each side?
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, solver91311:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
They could be 1, 24 and 24
or 2, 23 and 24
or 5, 10 and 12
or 5.6, 22.4 and 21
or any of an infinite number of combinations that add up to 49.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The only thing you can say about the measure of the sides of a general triangle given only the perimeter is that the measure of any side, denoted by , must satisfy the inequality:

where is the given perimeter and that the sum of measures of the three sides is equal to the perimeter, that is:

Within those constraints, there are an infinity of answers to your question.

John

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