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Question 826584: the sides of a triangle are in the proportion 2:3:7. the longest side of the triangle is 14 cm. What is the perimeter of the triangle? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! the sides of a triangle are in the proportion 2:3:7. the longest side of the triangle is 14 cm. What is the perimeter of the triangle?
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2:3:7 is the same as 2x:3x:7x
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If 7x = 14, x = 2
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Perimeter = 2x+3x+7x = 12x = 12*2 = 24
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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