Homework Help: pre- algebra

Posted by Sammi on Monday, May 30, 2011 at 8:03pm.

The perimeter of a triangle is 24 cm. One side is 2 cm longer than the shortest side. The longest side is 2 cm less than twice the length of the shortest side. Find the length of each side of the triangle.- write equation and solve.

pre- algebra - Ms. Sue, Monday, May 30, 2011 at 8:07pm
Let x = shortest side

24 = x + (x + 2) + (2x - 2)
24 = 4x
24/4 = x
6 = x

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