SOLUTION: A leather coin purse has the shape of a triangle. Two sides are equal in length and the third side is 3 centimeters shorter than one and one-half times the length of the equal sid
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Question 205823: A leather coin purse has the shape of a triangle. Two sides are equal in length and the third side is 3 centimeters shorter than one and one-half times the length of the equal sides. The perimeter is 28.5 centimeters. Find the length of the sides.
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(1.5x-3)+2x=28.5
3.5x=31.5
x=9
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two side are 9 cm each
third side is 10.5 cm
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