Two sides of a triangle are equal in length. The third side of the triangle is 3 more than the equal sides. If the perimeter of the triangle is 48, what is the length of the longest side? Show work

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the length of equal sides be x, then the perimeter is:

The longest side is:

5x+2x=49

7x=49

x=7. 35 apples

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step-by-step explanation:

since the sequence is geometric there is a common ratio r between consecutive terms, that is

r = 4 ÷ - 2 = - 2

r = - 8 ÷ 4 = - 2

r = 16 ÷ 8 = - 2

the next term - 13 must be incorrect as it should be - 32 for the sequence to be geometric.

the first 4 terms are therefore geometric with common ratio r = - 2