SOLUTION: The perimeter of a triangle is 43 inches. The second side is three inches longer than the first side. The third side is one inch longer than the second. Find the length of each sid

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Question 25149: The perimeter of a triangle is 43 inches. The second side is three inches longer than the first side. The third side is one inch longer than the second. Find the length of each side.
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Let x=first side, x+3=second side, and x+3+1=third side.

All together they should total 43. Therefore:
(x)+(x+3)+(x+3+1) = 43

Remove the parentheses and solve for x.
x+x+3+x+3+1 = 43
3x + 7 = 43
3x = 43-7 = 36
x = 36/3 = 12

x+3 = 12+3 = 15
x+3+1 = 12+3+1 = 16