one side of a triangle is three time the shortest side. The third side is 7 feet more than the shortest side. The perimeter is 62 feet. Find all three sides.

Answer 1

x=side
3x=one side
x+7=third side
x+3x+x+7=62 11+3(11)+11+7=62
5x+7=62 11+33+18=62
-7 -7 44+18=62
5x=55
x=11