Question

The longest side of a triangle is 8 more units than the shortest side. The third side is 4 times the length of the shortest side. If the perimeter of the triangle is 32 units, write and solve an equation to find the length of all 3 sides of the triangle

Answer 1

10 3/4, 4 3/4, and 9 1/2

Explanation:

We're going to let x represent the length of the longest side. The perimeter is

x +(x-6) +2(x-6) = 25

4x -18 = 25

4x = 43

x = 43/4 = 10 3/4

Then x-6 = 4 3/4.

Multiply that two to get 8 3/2 = 9 1/2

I hope this helped! :)