SOLUTION: If the second side of a right triangle measures 2 more than twice the first, the third side measures 3 times the first, and the perimeter is 38, what is the measurement of the firs
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Question 850009: If the second side of a right triangle measures 2 more than twice the first, the third side measures 3 times the first, and the perimeter is 38, what is the measurement of the first side of the triangle?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Sides are these:
x
y
z.
;
;
.
The perimeter equation is ready for solving for x, the requested "first side" of the triangle.
IS THIS A RIGHT TRIANGLE AS DESCRIBED?
x=6; y=2+2*6=14; z=3*6=18.
Test in Pythagorean Theorem:
FALSE!!!!
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This cannot be a right triangle. A triangle, yes; but NOT a right triangle.
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