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A wire is first bent into the shape of a triangle. Each side of the triangle is 12cm long. Then the wire is unbent and reshaped into a square. What is the length of a side of the square?
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A wire is first bent into the shape of a triangle. Each side of the triangle is

12cm long. Then the wire is unbent and reshaped into a square. What is the length of a side of the square?

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First find the area of the wire. The wire is 36 square root of 3 or approximately 62.35 cm. Then divide that by 4.
The length of a side is 9 square root of 3 or approximately 15.588 cm
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