A wire is first bent into the shape of a rectangle with width 4 cm and length 5 cm. Then the wire is unbent and reshaped into a triangle. If each side of the triangle has equal length, what is this length?

Bill Comer asked Nov 12, 2023

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Bill Comer asked Nov 12, 2023

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Answer: 6

Explanation:

The perimeter of the rectangle is
2(4+5)=18 .

Thus, each side of the triangle is
18/3=6 .

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