SOLUTION: ONE SIDE OF A TRIANGLE IS 10 CENTIMETERS LONGER THAN THE SHORTEST SIDE. THE THIRD SIDE IS 20 CM LONGER THAN THE SHORTEST SIDE. IF THE PERIMETER OF THE TRIANGLE IS 120 CM, WHAT IS

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Question 877930: ONE SIDE OF A TRIANGLE IS 10 CENTIMETERS LONGER THAN THE SHORTEST SIDE. THE THIRD SIDE IS 20 CM LONGER THAN THE SHORTEST SIDE. IF THE PERIMETER OF THE TRIANGLE IS 120 CM, WHAT IS THE LENGTH OF THE SHORTEST SIDE OF THIS TRIANGLE?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
shortest side is x.
x+10, x+20, and x, are the side lengths.




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