Homework Help: algebra 1

Posted by Sulynn on Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 8:21pm.

one side of a triangle is 2cm shorter than the base The ofther side is 3cm longer than the base what lengths of the base will allow the perimeter to be greater than 19 cm?

algebra 1 - Reiny, Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 10:52pm
let base be x
one other side = x-2
third side = x+3

x + x-2 + x+3 > 19
3x > 18
x > 6

test: let base be 7
one other side = 5
third side = 10
perm = 22
algebra 1 - jacob, Friday, May 21, 2010 at 1:26pm
v^2-7v-30/v^2-5v-24

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