So, let's start off with what you know. You know that <span>the perimiter of the triangle is 42 yards. You know that the first side is 5 yards less than the second. You know that the third side is 2 yards less than the first. So, we can make the second side x. We come up with something like this :
Second Side : x First Side : x-5 Third Side : x-7
Now we make an equation.
x+x+x-5-7 = 42 3x-12 = 42 +12 +12 3x = 54 3x = 54 x = 18 So the second side is 18 yards. Then we can find the First side. First side is 13 yards. Then the third side. The Third side is 11 yards. So the lengths are :
First Side : 13 Yards Second Side : 18 Yards Third Side : 11 Yards.
