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The perimeter of a triangle is 108ft. The sides lengths are in a ratio of 2:3:7. How long is the shortest side?

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Answer:

18ft

Explanation:

2+3+7 = 12 (this means that 108ft is
(12)/(12))

The shortest side would be
(2)/(12), or (1)/(6) of 108ft

To find this, we divide 108 by the denominator (6) to get 18ft

We would usually multiply this by the numerator when finding a fraction of an amount, but as the numerator is 1, the answer would stay as 18ft.

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