The perimeter of a triangle is 78 cm, one of its sides is 16 cm, the second is 17 more than the first find the length of the third side.

Find the length of the second side of the triangle, which is 17 cm longer than the first side:

16 + 17 = 33 cm;

Find the length of the third side by subtracting the lengths of the already known two sides from the perimeter of the triangle:

78 – 16 – 33 = 29 cm;

Answer: The length of the third side is 29 cm.



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