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a flower bed in the shape of a triangle with side twice lenght of the shortest, and the third side is 25 feet more than the le
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Question 866012: can someone please solve this word problem for me?
a flower bed in the shape of a triangle with side twice lenght of the shortest, and the third side is 25 feet more than the lenght of the shortest side. Find the dimensions if the perimeter is 137 feet
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x for the shortest side.
2x and x+25 are the other sides.
Perimeter is sum of the three sides, so . Knowing x lets you find the length of each side.
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