Question

the legth of the sides of a ttrangle are in the extened ratio 3:10:12 the perimeter is 400 cm. what is the length of the longest side in centimeters?

Answer 1

Answer:If the length of the sides of this triangle are in the extended ration: 3: 10:12; then we can express the length of its sides as: 3x ,10x and 12x.

The length of the longest side will be: 12x

Perimeter of a rectangle is the sum of all sides.

Therefore

We can suggest the following equation:

3x+10x+12x=400

25x=400

x=400/25

x=16

Therefore; the length of the sides would be:

3x=3(16)=48

10x=10(16)=160

12x=12(16)=192

Answer: the length of the longest side would be 192 cm.

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