How to find the length of the side of an equilateral triangle - SSAT Upper Level Quantitative (Math)

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An equilateral triangle has a perimeter of units. What is the length of each side?

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Because an equilateral triangle has three sides that are the same length, divide the given perimeter by 3 to find the length of each side.

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The perimeter of a equilateral triangle is . In meters, what is the length of a side of this triangle?

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Since all three sides are equal in an equilateral triangle, we can just divide the perimeter by 3 to find a side length.

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The perimeter of an equilateral triangle is . What is the length of a side of this triangle?

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Because all the sides in an equilateral triangle are equal, we can just divide the perimeter by 3 to find the length of a side.

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The perimeter of an equilateral triangle is 39 meters. In meters, how long is one side of the triangle?

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An equilateral triangle has sides that are the same length. Then, to find the length of one side, you only need to divide the perimeter by 3.

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The perimeter of an equilateral triangle is . What is the length of one side of the triangle?

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Since an equilateral triangle has sides that are all the same, divide the perimeter by to get the length of each side.

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The perimeter of an equilateral triangle is . What is the length of one side of this triangle?

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Since an equilateral triangle has three equal sides, divide the perimeter by to find the length of each side.

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The perimeter of an equilateral triangle is . What is the length of one side of this triangle?

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Since an equilateral triangle has three equal sides, divide the perimeter by to find the length of one side.

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What is the difference between an equilateral triangle and a scalene triangle?

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Of the choices listed, the main difference between an equilateral triangle and a scalene triangle is their side lengths. An equilateral triangle has to have equal sides, but a scalene triangle can have all different side lengths.

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