Answer:
60,000 tons
Step-by-step explanation:
The third side must be >2 and < 18
To test if a triangle is acute, right or obtuse:
1) Square all 3 sides
2) Sum the squares of the 2 shortest sides
3) Compare this sum to side 3 squared
if sum > side 3 squared it is an acute triangle
if sum = side 3 squared it is a right triangle
if sum < side 3 squared it is an obtuse triangle
The shortest side 2 can be is "less than 2" so we'll say it is 2.00000001
three sides squared =
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4.00000004
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64
100
Summing the 2 shortest sides 4.00000004 + 64 = <span>68.00000004
</span><span>68.00000004 is less than 100 so it is an obtuse triangle no matter how long the third side is.
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Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the sides be a, b and c.
<h3>Given</h3>
The length of one side of a triangle is 2 feet less than three times the length of its second side
The length of the third side is 3/4 of the sum of the lengths of the first two sides:
The perimeter of the triangle is 17.5 feet:
<h3>Solution</h3>
Substitute a with b in the second equation:
- c = (3/4)(3b - 2 + b) = (3/4)(4b - 2) = (3/4)(4b) - (3/4)(2) = 3b - 1.5
Now substitute a and c with b in the third equation and solve for b:
- 3b - 2 + b + 3b - 1.5 = 17.5
- 7b - 3.5 = 17.5
- 7b = 17.5 + 3.5
- 7b = 21
- b = 3
Find the value of a:
- a = 3b - 2 = 3*3 - 2 = 9 - 2 = 7
Find the value of c:
- c = 3b - 1.5 = 3*3 - 1.5 = 9 - 1.5 = 7.5
The sides of the triangle are:
- a = 7 feet, b = 3 feet, c = 7.5 feet
