document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=230874>Question 230874</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A leather coin purse has the shape of a triangle.  Two sides are equl 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 lengths ofthe sides.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the two sides that are equal to each other be represented by x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The third side will be written as 1.5x - 3. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "These sides add up to 28.5 Cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So an equation can be written as: <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                              x + x + 1.5x -3 = 28.5 cm\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Combine like terms: \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                                     3.5x - 3 = 28.5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add 3 to both sides:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                                         3.5x = 31.5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide each side by 3.5:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                                             x = 9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore the lengths of the sides are   9 cm, 9 cm and 10.5 cm\r<BR>\n" );
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