Given that the triangle alongside is equilateral, find a and b.

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Given that the triangle alongside is equilateral, find a and b.

First side equals to (b+2) The second side equals to (a+4) The third side equals to (4a-b)

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So b+2 = a+4 = 4a-b With these 3 equations we can say

b=a+2

3a=b+4

b=2a-1

Hence

2a-1=a+2

And a=3, b=5

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