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Posted by ANONYMOUS on Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 3:36pm.

The sides of a triangle are three consecutive odd integers. The perimeter of the triangle is 39 inches. What is the length of each of the three sides?

Math - June, Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 3:49pm
x+(x+2)+(x+4)=39
because the first side is x, the next side has to be 2 more than x, and the third 4 more than x
3x+6=39
take it from here

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