Question

A wire is first bent into the shape of a triangle. Each side of the triangle is 16 long. Then the wire is unbent and reshaped into a rectangle. If the length of the rectangle is 15 in, what is its width?

Answer 1

the width is 9in

Explanation:

perimeter of triangle =3×16 = 48

let w= width of rectangle

perimeter of triangle = perimeter of rectangle

48= 2(15 +w)

24= 15 + w

w= 9