The perimeter of triangle ABC is 68 cm. Find the lengths of the sides of this triangle if AB: BC = 2: 3 and BC: AC = 6: 7.
According to the condition of the problem, the length of the side AB of the triangle ABC relates to the length of the side BC as 2: 3, therefore:
| AB | / | BC | = 2/3,
or
| AB | = (2/3) * | BC |.
It is also known that the length of the side BC of the triangle ABC refers to the length of the side AC as 6: 7, therefore:
| BC | / | AC | = 6/7,
or
| AC | = (7/6) * | BC |.
By the condition of the problem, the perimeter of the triangle ABC is 68 cm, therefore:
| AB | + | BC | + | AC | = 68.
Substituting into this ratio the values | AB | = (2/3) * | BC | and | AC | = (7/6) * | BC |, we get:
(2/3) * | BC | + | BC | + (7/6) * | BC | = 68.
We solve the resulting equation:
| BC | * (2/3 + 1 + 7/6) = 68;
| BC | * (4/6 + 6/6 + 7/6) = 68;
| BC | * (17/6) = 68;
| BC | = 68 / (17/6);
| BC | = 68 * (6/17);
| BC | = 6 * 68/17;
| BC | = 6 * 4;
| BC | = 24 cm.
Knowing the length of the side BC, we find | AB | and | AC |:
| AB | = (2/3) * | BC | = (2/3) * 24 = 16 cm;
| AC | = (7/6) * | BC | = (7/6) * 24 = 28 cm.
Answer: | AB | = 16 cm; | BC | = 24 cm; | AS | = 28 cm.