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The ratio of the measures of the sides of a triangle is 3:5:7, and its perimeter is 450 centimeters. Find the measure of the shortest side of the triangle.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Let the sides be 3k, 5k, and 7k. Then 3k + 5k + 7k = 15k = 450, so k = 30. The shortest side is 3k = 3(30) = 90 cm.