the side of an equilateral triangel is 3 inches shorter than the side of a square. The perimeter of the square is 37 inches more than the perimeter of the triangle. find the length of a side of the square.

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terenzreignz · Answer

Okay... the first step to this sort of problem is to represent your values.  If we let x be the length of one side of the equilateral triangle, what's the length of one side of the square?

terenzreignz · Answer

Or, actually, it might be better to let x be the length of one side of the square instead, since that's what the problem asks for.

anonymous · Answer

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