The sides of a triangle are in arithmetic progression and its area is 3/5th the area of an equilateral triangle with the same perimeter.

Find the ratio of the sides of the triangle.

(In reply to Starters by Tristan)

x²/3+3y²/4=0? No real x,y>0 can satisfy this since both its terms are nonegative.

Posted by Richard on 2003-11-23 12:40:57