Second side= x
First side = 2x
Third side = x+5
x+2x+x+5=49
4x=44
x=11
1st side= 22
2nd side = 11
3rd side = 16
Actually, the answer is not A, if you're saying A is the first choice above. That's incorrect. You will need to use the Geometric mean for right triangles here to figure out what the value of a is. We will use this form:

. We have a value for YZ of 3; side a is XZ. That means in order to solve this we need WZ, which we can find using pythagorean's theorem. 3^2 + 4^2 = c^2 and 9 + 16 = c^2 and c = 5. Now we fill in accordingly:

. Cross-multiply to get 3XZ=25 and side XZ is

. XZ is 25/3 and YZ is 3, so 25/3 - 3 = XY. That means that XY (side a) = 16/3 or 5 1/3, choice B, or the second one down.
Answer:
(See explanation below for further details).
Step-by-step explanation:
Let be a parametric curve represented by
and
, where
is the parametric variable.
The curve is represented graphically with the help of a graphing tool, whose outcome is included in the image attached below. The corresponding rectangular equation is found by eliminating t of each equation.
and 




The parametric equations represents a linear function (first-order polynomial).
In a triangle the sum of two sides is always greater than the third side.
If one side = 8 in and other two sides are equal to a positive whole number, then the smallest possible sum of the other two sides = 9 in ⇒
<span>Smallest possible perimeter = 8 + 9 = 17 in</span>
Sorry I'm late but the answer is 1/2. I just took the quiz and I got 100%