SOLUTION: A triangle has a perimeter that is 47 cm. If side A is 3 less than twice the length of side B and side C is twice side A, what is the length of each side?

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Question 232760: A triangle has a perimeter that is 47 cm. If side A is 3 less than twice the length of side B and side C is twice side A, what is the length of each side?
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Let represent the measure of side B. Then the measure of side A is , and the measure of side C is .

The perimeter is the sum of the measures of the sides:



Solve for to get side B and then calculate the other two sides from that.


John