SOLUTION: I Need your help. I Have a triangle and I have to solve for x and find the lengths of ab,bc and ac. The side of ab is 8x-24.The side of bc is 6x+20.The side of ac is 5x-1. I have 8

Question 854404: I Need your help. I Have a triangle and I have to solve for x and find the lengths of ab,bc and ac. The side of ab is 8x-24.The side of bc is 6x+20.The side of ac is 5x-1. I have 8x-24+6x+20+5x-1 written down so far

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Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I Have a triangle and I have to solve for x and find the lengths of ab,bc and ac. The side of ab is 8x-24.The side of bc is 6x+20.The side of ac is 5x-1. I have 8x-24+6x+20+5x-1 written down so far
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You have to know the perimeter of the triangle
or you have to know that you have a right triangle
and which side is the hypotenuse.
Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I Need your help. I Have a triangle and I have to solve for x and find the lengths of ab,bc and ac. The side of ab is 8x-24.The side of bc is 6x+20.The side of ac is 5x-1. I have 8x-24+6x+20+5x-1 written down so far
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Adding those gives the perimeter = 19x -5
Not enough info to solve for x, tho.
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