SOLUTION: 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 shortes
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Question 965960: 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. Answer by amarjeeth123(569) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let the shortest side be x cm.
Then one other side is (x+12) cm.
The other side is (2x+6) cm.
Perimeter of the triangle=54 cm
x+(x+12)+(2x+6)=54
4x+18=54
4x=36
x=9 cm.
The shortest side is 9 cm.
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