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Example Question #1 : How To Find The Length Of The Side Of An Equilateral Triangle
You are given that the perimeter of an equilateral triangle is meters. What is the length of one side of that triangle?
Possible Answers:
meters
meters
meters
meters
meters
Correct answer:
meters
Explanation:
By definition, an equilateral triangle has three congruent sides. The perimeter is the sum of those sides. Thus, to find the length of just one of those sides, we can divide the perimeter of the triangle by three.
divided by
is
meters, which is our answer.
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