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 arithmetic progression? by drew)

An arithmetic progression is where a certain number is added to each number to get the next number. For example, 3,4,5,6,7 is an arithmetic progression, or 2,7,12,17.

Posted by Tristan on 2003-11-23 11:46:07