SOLUTION: Please, help! Thanks A triangular-shaped deck has one side that is 6 feet longer than the shortest side and a third side that is 6 feet shorter than twice the length of the sho

Question 979627: Please, help! Thanks
A triangular-shaped deck has one side that is 6 feet longer than the shortest side and a third side that is 6 feet shorter than twice the length of the shortest side. If the perimeter of the deck is 56 feet, what are the lengths of the three sides?
shortest side of deck is?
second side of deck is?
third side of the deck is?
Please include whether its inches, square inches or cube inches. Thanks!
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The description gives the lengths in relation to the shorter side.

x, the length of the shorter side;
Another side is 6+x, and the last is -6+2x;
The perimeter is the sum of the three sides of the triangle.
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Solve the equation for x.
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