SOLUTION: The Palmyra Triangle has a perimeter of 4800 miles. The side of middle length is 3 times as long as the shortest side. The longest side is 4 times as long as the middle side. How l

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Question 625390: The Palmyra Triangle has a perimeter of 4800 miles. The side of middle length is 3 times as long as the shortest side. The longest side is 4 times as long as the middle side. How long is each side?
The shortest side is ___ miles long.
Found 2 solutions by reynard2007, Harper:
Answer by reynard2007(52) (Show Source):
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The perimeter of a rectangle is the sum of twice the length and twice the width. In algebraic form, here it is:
Perimeter = 2L + 2W
If the length is 80 more than the width, then we just substitute l with W+80:
Perimeter = 2(W+80) + 2W = 200
2W + 160 + 2W = 200
4W = 200 - 160 = 40

W = 10 yards
L = 90 yards

Answer by Harper(1) (Show Source):
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