SOLUTION: The perimeter of the following triangle is 35 meters. Find the length of each side. x meters, (2x+1) meters, (3x-2) meters
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Question 225311: The perimeter of the following triangle is 35 meters. Find the length of each side. x meters, (2x+1) meters, (3x-2) meters Answer by LtAurora(115) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Perimeter is the sum of all the sides, so from the given information, we can set up the following equation:
We can remove the parentheses and combine like terms:
Next, move the -1 over by adding it to both sides:
Divide both sides by 6:
So, that is the length of one side. We have to plug x back into the length equations given for the other 2 sides to solve for them:
So, our answers are: 6, 13, 16.
...which when summed give us 35.
