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Find the perimeter of the triangle

Find the perimeter of the triangle-example-1
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first off, something noteworthy is that we have two angles of 60°, that means that the angle atop is also 60°, so we really have an equilateral triangle, with an altitude or height as shown above, so


\textit{height of an equilateral triangle}\\\\ h=\cfrac{s√(3)}{2}~~ \begin{cases} s=\stackrel{length~of}{a~side}\\[-0.5em] \hrulefill\\ h=4√(15) \end{cases}\implies 4√(15)=\cfrac{s√(3)}{2}\implies 8√(15)=s√(3) \\\\\\ \cfrac{8√(15)}{√(3)}=s\implies \cfrac{8√(2\cdot 3)}{√(3)}=s\implies \cfrac{8√(2)\cdot √(3)}{√(3)}=s\implies 8√(2)=s \\\\[-0.35em] ~\dotfill


\stackrel{ \textit{\LARGE perimeter} }{8√(2)~~ + ~~8√(2)~~ + ~~8√(2)}\implies 24√(2)

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