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The perimeter of a triangle is 96 inches, the shortest side is 6 inches less than it's middle side, and it's longest side measures 18 inches more than it's middle side. What are the lengths of all 3 sides.
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\n" ); document.write( "Let x= middle
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\n" ); document.write( "x-6 = shortest side
\n" ); document.write( "x+18 = longest side
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\n" ); document.write( "x + x-6 + x+18 = 96
\n" ); document.write( "3x+12 = 96
\n" ); document.write( "3x = 84
\n" ); document.write( "x = 28 inches (middle side)
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\n" ); document.write( "shortest side:
\n" ); document.write( "x-6 = 28-6 = 22 inches
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\n" ); document.write( "longest side:
\n" ); document.write( "x+18 = 28+18 = 46 inches \n" ); document.write( "
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