Question

The perimeter of a triangle is 60 inches. If the sides of the triangle are 2x, 3x, and 5x, find the length of the shortest side.

Answer 1

2x + 3x + 5x = 60
10x = 60
a = 6
Shortest side = 2x = 12 inches

Answer 2

Length of shortest side = 12 inches

Explanation:

The perimeter is the sum of sides of a polygon.

Here the sides of the triangle are 2x, 3x, and 5x.

Perimeter = 2x + 3x + 5x = 10x

The perimeter of a triangle is 60 inches.

That is 10x = 60

x = 6 inches

Length of shortest side = 2x = 2 x 6 = 12 inches.

Length of shortest side = 12 inches