Question

A triangular tent has a perimeter of 29 meters. Side a is 3 meters shorter than twice side b and side c is 4 meters longer than side b, Find the length of side b.

A) 11 meters
B) 14 meters
C) 9 meters
D) 7 meters

Answer 1

Side b=7 meters

Explanation:

Given:

Perimeter of triangle=29m

Side a=2b-3

Side b=b

Side c=4+b

To find:

Side b

Solution:

P of triangle=a+b+c

29=2b-3+b+4+b

29=2b+b+b+4-3

29=4b+1

29-1=4b

b=28/4

b=7m

I hope my answer is right.

Answer 2

D) 7 meters

Explanation:

So I would start this off by plugging in the variables into side B. So if we were to plug 7 into B there would be 22 meters left of the perimeter. Therefore meaning 22 between A and C. Now A is 3 meters shorter than TWICE of B. So 7 times 2 is 14 and 14 minus 3 is 11. now we have 11 and 7 which equals 18. 29 minus 18 giving us 11 left. 11 is C. Now it says c is 4 meters longer than B so it 7 plus 4 is 11. And everything adds up. HOPE THIS HELPS.