Question

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Answer 1

Information given

The perimeter of a triangle is 49 ft

And let's the 3 sides of the triangle A, B and C. From the info given we know:

`A+B+C=\text{ 49 }`

And we also know some conditions given by: (Side B is 3 ft shorter than A)

`B=\text{ A-3 }`

Side C is twice the lenght of A:

`C=\text{ 2A}`

Now we can replace in the first equation the conditions and we have:

`A\text{ + (A}-3\text{) +2A = 49}`

Now we can do some algebra:

`A\text{ +A +2A }-3\text{ = 49}`
`4A=\text{ 52 }\leftrightarrow\text{ A= }(52)/(4)=13`
`B=\text{ A}-3=\text{ 13}-3=\text{ 10, C = 2A =2}\cdot13=26\text{ }`

The only possibility that makes sense from the options given is:

13