Early American leaders designed the Articles of Confederation to create a national government that:

Would give the states a lot of independence.

these the citzens and goverment come to terms some of the amendments gave the states more power then the goverment and some protocted americans rights

the perimeter of a triangle is 69 cm. side a is 5 cm shorter than side b. side c is twice as long as side a. find the length of each side. i need to know how to do it in 2 equations.  

equations:

a = b-5

c = 2a

a + b + c = 69