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5. Lee drew an equilateral triangle with a perimeter of 24 centimeters. What is the length of each side of the triangle?

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Lee drew an equilateral triangle, that is Lee drew a triangle with the same length of the its sides.

The perimeter of the triangle Lee drew is 24 cm.

Then, the length of each side is simply:

length = 24/3 = 8

The length of eac side of the equilateral triangle is 8 centimeters.

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