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The sides of a triangle are in the ratio of 2:3:4. If the measure of the shortest side of the triangle is 12 centimeters, what is the length of the longest side?
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The sides of a triangle are in the ratio of 2:3:4. If the measure of the shortest side of the triangle is 12 centimeters, what is the length of the longest side?

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in the ratio 2 corresponds to shortest side and 4 the longest

so longest side is 2 * shortest

so the longest side = 2*12 = 24 cms.
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