SOLUTION: Solve: The Palmyra Triangle has a perimeter of 4400 miles. The side of the middle length is 2 times as long as the shortest side. The longest side is 4 times as long as the middle
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Question 262768: Solve: The Palmyra Triangle has a perimeter of 4400 miles. The side of the middle length is 2 times as long as the shortest side. The longest side is 4 times as long as the middle side. How long is each of the three sides? Answer by drk(1908) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let shortest side = x
middle side = 2x
longest side = 4(2x) = 8x
P = 4400
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dividing we get - - > short - - > middle - -> long
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