document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=553719>Question 553719</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The first side of a triangle is y yards long.  The second side is 3 yards shorter than the first side.  The third side is three times as long as the second side.  What is the perimeter of the triangle in feet?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is how I evaluated it, but not sure if this equation is correct:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y + (y-3) + 3(y -3) / 3 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Perimeter = y + (y-3) + 3(y -3) <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= y + y-3 + 3y-9<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= 5y-12<BR>\n" );
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