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The perimeter of a quadrilateral (four-sides polygon) is 50 inches. The longest side is three times as long as the shortest side. The other two sides are equally long and are 4 inches longer than the shortest side. Find the length of all four sides.

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The side lengths of quadrilateral are 21 inches; 11 inches; 11 inches; 7 inches.

SOLUTION:

Given, the perimeter of a quadrilateral (four-side polygon) is 50 inches.

Let the length of shortest side be n inches. The longest side is three times as long as the shortest side.

That is, length of largest side = 3n inches

The other two sides are equally long and are 4 inches longer than the shortest side.

Then, length of remaining two sides = 4 + n inches

We have to find the length of all four sides.

Now, we know that, perimeter = 50 inches


\begin{array}{l}{\rightarrow \text { Sum of all sides }=50} \\\\ {\rightarrow n+3 n+n+4+n+4=50} \\\\ {\rightarrow n+3 n+n+n=50-4-4} \\\\ {\rightarrow 6 n=42} \\\\ {\rightarrow n=7}\end{array}

So, length of sides will be,


7 \text { inches; } 3*7=21 \text { inches; } 7+4=11 \text { inches; } 7+4=11 \text { inches. }

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