document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=965960>Question 965960</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The perimeter of a triangle is 54 cm.   The length of one side is 12 cm more than the length of the shortest side, and the length of the other side is 6 more than twice the shortest side.   Find the shortest side. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Then one other side is (x+12) cm.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The other side is (2x+6) cm.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Perimeter of the triangle=54 cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+(x+12)+(2x+6)=54<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+18=54<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=9 cm.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The shortest side is 9 cm. </SPAN>\n" );
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