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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Could you please tell me how to go about this solving this problem. I don't know where to begin. Thanks\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "	Jenny wants to utilize a portion of her garden for growing flowers. Being a designer herself, she visualizes a triangular area with different lengths for each side. For this Jenny decides to keep a side of the triangular area 6 feet shorter and the other 5 feet longer than the third side. She also wants to restrict the perimeter of the triangular area to 29 feet, so that it does not cover a huge area of the garden. Determine the length of each side of the triangular area that Jenny has visualized. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "  given  one side is  6 feet shorter than third side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i.e.       first side = x - 6 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  second side is 5 feet longer than third side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "      second side =  x + 5 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  given perimeter = 29<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i.e sum of three sides  = 29 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "      (x-6) + (x+5) + x  = 29 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "         x + x + x - 6 + 5 = 29 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                 3x - 1 = 29 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "                     3x = 29 +1 = 30 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "                      x = 30 / 3 = 10 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "         x - 6 = 10 - 6 = 4 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "           x + 5 = 10 + 5 = 15 <BR>\n" );
document.write( " i.e sides  of the triangle are 4 feet, 15 feet & 10 feet. </SPAN>\n" );
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