document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=850009>Question 850009</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If the second side of a right triangle measures 2 more than twice the first, the third side measures 3 times the first, and the perimeter is 38, what is the measurement of the first side of the triangle?  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #511943 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=511943\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Sides are these:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2B2%2B2x%2B3x=38 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2B2%2B2x%2B3x=38\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The perimeter equation is ready for solving for x, the requested \"first side\" of the triangle.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6x=36 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6x=36\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "IS THIS A RIGHT TRIANGLE AS DESCRIBED?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=6; y=2+2*6=14; z=3*6=18.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Test in Pythagorean Theorem:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This cannot be a right triangle.  A triangle, yes; but NOT a right triangle.<BR>\n" );
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