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The ratio of the measures of the sides of a triangle is 5:6:9, and its perimeter is 220 meters. What are the measure of the longest side of the triangle?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Let the sides be 5x, 6x, and 9x. Their perimeter is 5x + 6x + 9x = 20x = 220, so x = 11.
The longest side is 9x = 9·11 = 99 meters.