The perimeter of a triangle is 25 inches. The first side is 6 inches longer than the second side. The third side is 5 inches shorter than twice the sdcond side. Find the length at each side.

3 answers

second side --- x
first side --- x+6
third side --- 2x-5

x + x+6 + 2x-5 = 25
4x = 24
x = 6

2nd side --- 6
1st side --- 12
3rd side --- 7
Therefore, the length of the second side is 6 inches, the length of the first side is 12 inches, and the length of the third side is 7 inches.
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