SOLUTION: One side of a triangle is three times the shortest side. The third side is 7 feet more than the shortest side. The perimeter is 62 feet. Find all three sides.
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Question 342840: One side of a triangle is three times the shortest side. The third side is 7 feet more than the shortest side. The perimeter is 62 feet. Find all three sides. Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! shortest side be x
one side = 3x
third side= x+7
...
x+x+7+3x=62
5x+7=62
-7
5x+7-7=62-7
5x=55
/5
x= 55/5
x=11
3x = 33
11+7=18
..
11, 33, 18
