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SashulF [63]
3 years ago
12

The length of each side of an equilateral triangle is increased by 5 inches so the perimeter is now 60 inches. Write and solve a

n equation to find the original length of each side of the equilateral triangle.

Mathematics
2 answers:
Jlenok [28]3 years ago
6 0

A trainee has 3 sides and each side was increase by 5 inches.

Let x be the length of one side. You need to subtract 15 from the perimeter:

The equation can be 3x = 60 -15

Simplify:

3x = 45

Divide each side by 3:

X = 15

The original length of each side was 15 inches.

worty [1.4K]3 years ago
5 0
I hope this helps you

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