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 re(2): Starters- self correction by Richard)

after looking at other commments i understand now. i am sstill in algebra II so we havent learned about herons formula. but now that i have tried it i derive the same thing.

Posted by drew on 2003-11-23 13:14:15