document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1149873>Question 1149873</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A flower bed is in the shape of a triangle with one side twice the length of the shortest side and the third side is <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "16 feet more than the length of the shortest side. Find the dimensions if the perimeter is <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "172 feet.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A flower bed is in the shape of a triangle: so,  the perimeter is \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P=a%2Bb%2Bc ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P=a%2Bb%2Bc\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is the shortest side, and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is other side twice the length of the shortest side and the third side <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > feet more than the length of the shortest side. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so, sides are:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c=a%2B16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c=a%2B16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the dimensions if the perimeter is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=172 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"172\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "given:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=P=172 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"P=172\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=2a ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=2a\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >,<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c=a%2B16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c=a%2B16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so, we have\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=172=a%2B2a%2Ba%2B16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"172=a%2B2a%2Ba%2B16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > .........solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=172=4a%2B16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"172=4a%2B16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=172-16=4a ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"172-16=4a\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=156=4a ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"156=4a\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=156%2F4=a ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"156%2F4=a\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a=highlight%2839%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a=highlight%2839%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >->the shortest side\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=2a ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=2a\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >-><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=highlight%2878%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=highlight%2878%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >->other side\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c=a%2B16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c=a%2B16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >-><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c=39%2B16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c=39%2B16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >-><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c=highlight%2855%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c=highlight%2855%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >->the third side\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "check the perimeter:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=172=a%2Bb%2Bc ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"172=a%2Bb%2Bc\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=172=39%2B78%2B55 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"172=39%2B78%2B55\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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