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One side of a triangle is 4 inches longer than the side that is the base of the triangle. the third side is 6 inches longer than the base. of the perimeter is 34 inches​, find the length of each side.

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First make an equation

B= base

B + b+4 + b+6=34

Combine like terms

3b+10=34

Isolate the variable

3b=24

Solve for b

B=8

Now we know that b = 8 so we can add 6 and 4 to it,
We get;

8, 12, 14 as the lengths
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