document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=366799>Question 366799</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A leather coin purse has the shape of a triangle. Two sides are equal in lenght 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 of the sides. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #261473 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=261473\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let the equal sides be x cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the third side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 1/2 times the equal  side = 3x/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 cm short<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x/2  -3 will be the third side.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+x+3x/2-3=28.5 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x/2  -3 = 28.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x/2 = 28.5 +3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x/2= 31.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply by 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x = 63<BR>\n" );
document.write( "/7 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 9 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=9 which is the equal side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "third side = 9*3/2 - 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=27/2-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=13.5 -3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=10.5  is the third side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "CHECK<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9+9+10.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m.ananth@hotmail.ca </SPAN>\n" );
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