Asked by Sydney
The longest side is 2 inches longer than the middle side. The shortest side is 14 inches shorter than the middle side. If the perimeter of the piece is 60 inches, what is the length of each side?
Answers
Answered by
Reiny
You don't say what kind of a figure you have, but since you only mentioned three sides, I will assume you have a triangle.
middle side ---- x
shortest side ---- x-14
longest side ----- x+2
x + x-14 + x+2 = 60
solve for x, sub back into my definitions.
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middle side ---- x
shortest side ---- x-14
longest side ----- x+2
x + x-14 + x+2 = 60
solve for x, sub back into my definitions.
Check if your answers fit the data