How to find the length of the side of an equilateral triangle - High School Math
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Question
You are given that the perimeter of an equilateral triangle is 
meters. What is the length of one side of that triangle?
You are given that the perimeter of an equilateral triangle is
Answer
By definition, an equilateral triangle has three congruent sides. The perimeter is the sum of those sides. Thus, to find the length of just one of those sides, we can divide the perimeter of the triangle by three.
divided by 
is 
meters, which is our answer.
By definition, an equilateral triangle has three congruent sides. The perimeter is the sum of those sides. Thus, to find the length of just one of those sides, we can divide the perimeter of the triangle by three.
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