SOLUTION: the perimeter of a triangle is 67 centimeters. if two sides are equally long and the third is 7 centimeters longer than the others, find the length of the three sides.

Question 467091: the perimeter of a triangle is 67 centimeters. if two sides are equally long and the third is 7 centimeters longer than the others, find the length of the three sides.

Answer by asuar010(338) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
first draw a triangle and label each side with the information given... two sides are going to be just x because the have the same length... the other side is going to be (x+7).. the perimeter is the addition of the three sides...
the equation will look as follows:
by simplifying we obtain then
so the length of the three sides areas follows:
20 20 and 27.
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