A triangle has a sides (x) feet, (x+3) feet, and (x+5) feet. The perimeter is 99.5 feet What is the measure for the largest side
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Answer:
the Pythagorean theorem states: a^2 + b^2 = c^2
1) in this case a=18 and b1=25
18^2 + 25^2 = c1^2
324 + 625 = c1^2
949 = c1^2
√949 = c1
cca. 30.8 = c1
2) in this case a=18 and b' = b2 - b1 = 40 - 25 = 15
in the picture im attaching i highlighted the triangles we are working with, and there you can clearly see that b' (the horizontal line at the bottom of the red tr.) is the difference between the lines b2 and b1
now you can use the same technique as in the first case, and the final answer will be cca. 23.4 = c2
3) in this case a=18 and b'' = b4 - b3 = 75 - 55 = 20
same thing as number 2, final answer cca. 26.9 = c3
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Explanation:
The idea is to first get all the y terms to one side. I did this by subtracting 2y from both sides in the third step.
Then factor out y and divide both sides by (8x-2)
Afterward there's the optional steps of simplifying (as shown in the final two steps).