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\n" ); document.write( "The perimeter of a triangle is 44 cm. One of its sides is 4 cm smaller than the other and twice as big as the third side.
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document.write( "Let the third side be x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then FIRST side = 2x\r\n" );
document.write( "and SECOND side = 2x+4\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then\r\n" );
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document.write( "x + (2x+4) + 2x = 44\r\n" );
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document.write( "5x = 40\r\n" );
document.write( "x = 8.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, third  side =  8 cm\r\n" );
document.write( "       first  side = 16 cm\r\n" );
document.write( "       second side = 20 cm.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Reema: 1) read the condition attentively, and\r\n" );
document.write( "       2) always check your solution/answer.\r\n" );
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