Homework Help: Geometry

Posted by Zach on Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 8:12pm.

find the lengths of the sides of a triangle whose perimeter is 37. The measure of the first side of the triangle is 8 less than the second side, and the second side is twice the length of the third side

Geometry - Reiny, Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 8:20pm
third side --- x
second --- 2x
first---- 2x - 8

can you solve
x + 2x + 2x-8 = 37 ?
Geometry - Anonymous, Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 10:56am
x=9

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