Question 11 Mark
The longest side of a triangle is twice the shortest side and the third side is $2 \mathrm{~cm}$ longer than the shortest side. If the perimeter of the triangle is more than $166 \mathrm{~cm}$ then find the minimum integer length of the shortest side.
Answer
View full question & answer→Let the shortest side be $x$.
Then longest side length $=2 x$
and third side length $=x+2$
Perimeter $=x+2 x+x+2=4 x+2$
Given, perimeter $>166$
$
\begin{aligned}
& \therefore 4 x+2>166 \\
& \therefore 4 x>164 \\
& \therefore x>41
\end{aligned}
$
$\therefore$ Minimum integer length of shortest side is $42 \mathrm{~cm}$.
Then longest side length $=2 x$
and third side length $=x+2$
Perimeter $=x+2 x+x+2=4 x+2$
Given, perimeter $>166$
$
\begin{aligned}
& \therefore 4 x+2>166 \\
& \therefore 4 x>164 \\
& \therefore x>41
\end{aligned}
$
$\therefore$ Minimum integer length of shortest side is $42 \mathrm{~cm}$.