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Question 926397: Please help! I have been stuck on it for a while. Thank you so much.
One side of triangle is one-fourth the longest side. The third side is 7 feet less than the longest side. The perimeter is 137. Find all three sides.
Found 3 solutions by TimothyLamb, brysca, MathTherapy:
Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) About Me  (Show Source):
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x = longest side
y = second side
z = third side
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y = x/4
z = x - 7
x + y + z = 137
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put the system of linear equations into standard form
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y = x/4
z = x - 7
x + y + z = 137
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x - 4y = 0
x - z = 7
x + y + z = 137
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solution:
x = longest side = 64 ft
y = second side = 16 ft
z = third side = 57 ft
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Answer by brysca(112) About Me  (Show Source):
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solution posted below
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Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
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Please help! I have been stuck on it for a while. Thank you so much.
One side of triangle is one-fourth the longest side. The third side is 7 feet less than the longest side. The perimeter is 137. Find all three sides.


Let the length of shortest side, be S

Then length of longest side = 4S, and length of 3rd side = 4S - 7

As the lengths sum to 137, we get: S + 4S + 4S - 7 = 137

9S - 7 = 137

9S = 144

S, or length of shortest side = 144%2F9, or highlight_green%2816%29 ft

Length of longest side: 4(16), or highlight_green%2864%29 ft

Length of 3rd side: 4(16) - 7, or 64 - 7, or highlight_green%2857%29 ft