SOLUTION: the perimeter of the triangle is 162, two of the sides are equal and the third side is 14 more than the SUM OF THE TWO equal sides. find the length of the third side.

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Question 1164812: the perimeter of the triangle is 162, two of the sides are equal and the
third side is 14 more than the SUM OF THE TWO equal sides. find the length
of the third side.
Found 2 solutions by Edwin McCravy, greenestamps:
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20065) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

That's the picture for your problem.  But I won't do yours for you.
Instead I'll do one exactly like yours step-by-step that you can use
as a model.  Here's the one I'll do for you:

the perimeter of the triangle is 146, two of the sides are equal and
the third side is 10 more than the SUM OF THE TWO equal sides. Find
the length of the third side.
 

Edwin

Answer by greenestamps(13215) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


The problem is clearly faulty.

There are no triangles in which the third side is 10 more than the sum of the other two sides....

In any triangle, the length of the longest side has to be LESS THAN the sum of the lengths of the other two sides.