document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=697103>Question 697103</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The lenghts of the sides of a tringle are consecutive odd numbers. Find the lenghts of the sides if the perimeter is 7cm less than 4 times the shortest sides?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x represent an odd number. Next is x+2 and x+4. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now we can set up an equation as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+x+2+x+4=4x-7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+6=4x-7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract 3x and add 7 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "13=x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now we know the sides are:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "13 cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15 cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17 cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RJ <BR>\n" );
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