what are the lengths of the three sides

Question

2x+3ft 43x-1ft and 4x+3ft

perimeter is 185ft

Answer 1

Presumably these are the lengths of a triangle.

Add the 3 binomials for the length and set the sum equal to 185.

Solve the linear equation in x.

Use the answer to compute the lengths.

Answer 2

2x+3 + 43x -1 + 4x +3 = 185

49x = 185-3+1-3 = 180

x = 180/49 = about 3.7

2x+3 = 7.4+ 3 = 10.4 feet

43x-1 = 43(3.7)-1 = 158.1 feet

4x+3 = 4(3.7)+3 = 12.8+3 = 15.8 feet

this is impossible. No side of a triangle can be longer than the sum of the other 2 sides

158.1 > 10.2 +15.8

unless you're in some higher dimensional curved warped non-Euclidian space. More likely there's a typo in the problem. the 43 looks very suspicious

43x-1 > 2x+3 +4x+3

37x > 7

x>7/37

3.7 > 7/37