Question

The perimeter of a triangle is 24 cm. The shortest side is one-fourth of the longest side. The other side of the triangle is three-fourths of the longest side. What is the length of the shortest side?

Answer 1

12cm

Explanation:

Shortest side =
`(1)/(4)x`

Other side =
`(3)/(4)x`

Longest side =
`x`

`24 = x + (1)/(4)x + (3)/(4)x\\24 = 2x\\12 = x`

Therefore, longest side is equal to 12cm.