document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=760456>Question 760456</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One side of triangle is 3 more than 3 times the shortest side. The third side is 24 feet more than the shortest side. The perimeter is 87. Find all three sides. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a = shortest side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 + 3a = side b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24 + a = side c\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "87 = a + 3 + 3a + 24 + a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "87 = 5a + 27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "87 - 27 = 5a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60 = 5a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60 / 5 = a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 12\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b = 3 + 3(12)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 39\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c = 24 + 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 36 </SPAN>\n" );
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