SOLUTION: One side of triangle is 6 more than 2 times the shortest side. The third side is 16 centimeters more than the shortest side. The perimeter is 66. Find all three sides.

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Question 1092238: One side of triangle is 6 more than 2 times the shortest side. The third side is 16
centimeters more than the shortest side. The perimeter is 66. Find all three sides.

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let sides be ,, and
let be the shortest
if one side of triangle is more than times the shortest side, we have

if the third side is
if the perimeter is , we have






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