SOLUTION: One side of a triangle is three times the shortest side.The third side is 7 feet more than the shortest side. The perimeter is 62 feet. Find all three sides. Thanks Michae

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Question 835556: One side of a triangle is three times the shortest side.The third side is 7 feet more than the shortest side. The perimeter is 62 feet. Find all three sides.
Thanks Michael
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x be the shortest side, so that the other two sides are 3x and x+7. Then
x + 3x + (x+7) = 62
x = 11
The sides are 11, 33, 18. This is a bad problem, since 11, 18, 33 cannot be the sides of a triangle (11 + 18 < 33).