document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=659156>Question 659156</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help me solve this problem, i can't understand it. One side of a triangle is four less than twice the shortest side. The third side is six more than the shortest side. Find the measure of each side if the perimeter of a triangle is 34 m. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "please help me solve this problem, i can't understand it. One side of a triangle is four less than twice the shortest side. The third side is six more than the shortest side. Find the measure of each side if the perimeter of a triangle is 34 m.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let length of shortest side be S<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then second side = 2S - 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Third side = S + 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since perimeter = 34m, then: S + 2S - 4 + S + 6 = 34\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4S + 2 = 34\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4S = 34 - 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4S = 32\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "S, or smallest side = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=32%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"32%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%288%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%288%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > m\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Second side = 2(8) - 4, or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%2812%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%2812%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > m\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Third side = 8 + 6, or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%2814%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%2814%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > m\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check to see if the measures of the 3 sides sum to 34 m\r<BR>\n" );
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