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Two sides of a triangle have the same length. The third side measures 3 m less than twice that length. The perimeter of the triangle is 25m. Find the lengths of the three sides.

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Answer:

two sides have the length of 7m

third side is 11m

Explanation:

perimeter is the sum of all sides

let 'n' = length of congruent sides

let '2n - 3' = length of third side

25 = n + n + 2n - 3

25 = 4n - 3

28 = 4n

n = 7m

2(7) - 3 = 11m

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