SOLUTION: Five times the sum of a number and 10 is thirty. Find the number One side of a triangle is half the longest side. The third side is 8 meters less than the longest side. The per

Question 823699: Five times the sum of a number and 10 is thirty. Find the number
One side of a triangle is half the longest side. The third side is 8 meters less than the longest side. The perimeter is 42 meters.
Smallest value:
Value:
Largest value
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

 

Hi,

Five times the sum of a number  and 10 is thirty.

   x + 10 = 30,  x = 20

One side of a triangle is half the longest side  

The third side is 8 meters less than the longest side  

The perimeter is 42 meters.

      |multiplying thru by 2

    x + 2(x-8m) + 2x = 84m

    x + 2x -16m + 2x = 84m

            5x = 100

             x = 20m, the longest side

sides of the triangle are:  10m, 12m, 20m   (and their sum is 42m)

      

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