A triangular park has a perimeter of 45 meters. What is the measurement of one side if each of the other two equal sides measure 28 meters?
45 - (2 * 28) = ?
Hmmm! There must be an error in the problem. This doesn't make any sense.
To find the measurement of the remaining side of the triangular park, you can subtract the combined length of the two equal sides from the perimeter.
The combined length of the two equal sides is 28 meters + 28 meters = 56 meters.
Subtracting this from the perimeter of 45 meters gives us:
45 meters - 56 meters = -11 meters.
However, since it does not make sense for a side length to be negative, we can conclude that there is an error in the given information.
To solve this problem, we can use the fact that the perimeter of a triangle is the sum of the lengths of its sides. Since we are given that the perimeter of the triangular park is 45 meters, we can write the equation:
Side 1 + Side 2 + Side 3 = Perimeter
Since one side is given as 28 meters, and the other two sides are equal in length, we can rewrite the equation as:
28 + 28 + Side 3 = 45
Simplifying the equation, we have:
56 + Side 3 = 45
To find the length of Side 3, we subtract 56 from both sides:
Side 3 = 45 - 56
Side 3 = -11
However, since length cannot be negative, we can conclude that there is no such triangle with the given measurements.