Dwayne's garden is triangle-shaped with two equal sides and a third side that is 4 ft more than the length of an equal side If the perimeter is 49 ft how long is each side?

Answer 1

Call the two equal sides 2x and the third side x+4:

2x+x+4 = 49

2x+x = 49-4

3x = 45

x = 15

So the length of two equal sides are 15 ft each and the larger side is 19 ft

(Incidentally the garden is in the shape of an isosceles triangle)