SOLUTION: The measure of the sides of an equilateral triangle are represented by x+12, 3x-8, and 2x+2. What is measure of each side.

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Question 1094048: The measure of the sides of an equilateral triangle are represented by x+12, 3x-8, and 2x+2. What is measure of each side.
Found 3 solutions by josgarithmetic, addingup, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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... equilateral triangle ...


x%2B12=3x-8
12=2x-8
2x=20
x=10


3x-8=2x%2B2
x-8=2
x=10

highlight_green%28x=10%29

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Answer by addingup(3677) About Me  (Show Source):
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what's the perimeter?
Let ? be the perimeter
x+12+3x-8+2x+2 = ?
x+3x+2x+12-8 = ?
6x+4 = ?
6x = ?-4
x = (?-4)/6
once you get this result you can calculate each side according to the information provided in the problem:
x+12 =
3x-8 =
2x+2 =

Answer by ikleyn(52785) About Me  (Show Source):
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The response by @addingup goes out the solution.

Out the target, I mean.