document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=308810>Question 308810</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the perimeter of a triangle is 30 cm. one side is 7 centimeters longer than the shortest side. the longest side is 3 centimeters more than twice the length of the shortest side. find the length of each side of the triangle. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's have x represent the shortest side. The other side will be x+7 and the other is shown by 2x+3. Now we can set up the equation as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+(x+7)+(2x+3)=30 Combine like terms and subtract 10 from both sides to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=20 Divide both sides by 4 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=5 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the short side is 5 cm. I'll let you figure out the other sides now. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
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