SOLUTION: a triangle has a perimiter of 28 3/8 m if two of the sides are 11 1/4 m and 15 1/5 m, what is the length of the third side?

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Question 1045063: a triangle has a perimiter of 28 3/8 m if two of the sides are 11 1/4 m and 15 1/5 m, what is the length of the third side?

Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, ikleyn:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
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a triangle has a perimiter of 28 3/8 m if two of the sides are 11 1/4 m and 15 1/5 m, what is the length of the third side?
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28.375 - (11.25 + 15.2) = 1.925 m

Answer by ikleyn(52816) (Show Source):
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a triangle has a perimiter of 28 3/8 m if two of the sides are 11 1/4 m and 15 1/5 m, what is the length of the third side?
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By the way, the triangle with such side dimensions, 11.25 m, 15.2 m, and 1.925 m does not exist. Calculations are correct, but the input data is such that the triangle does not exist.