document.write( "Question 334265: One side of a triangle is 1 in. longer than the shortest side and is 1 in. shorter than the longest side. The permiter is 17 in. Find the dimensions of the triangle. \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I'm going to go way out on a limb here and presume that your word(?) permiter actually means perimeter.\r
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represent the measure of the \"one side\" of the triangle. Then the shortest side must be

and the longest side must be

. Since the perimeter is the sum of the sides, you can write:\r
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and the other two sides are trivial after that.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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