Question

a piece of wire is 48 cm long. What will the length of each side if the wire is used to form an equilateral triangle​

Answer 1

Answer:

16 cm

Step-by-step explanation:

In equilateral triangle the sides are of equal length.

Therefore, we will divide the length of wire by 3 : $\frac{48}{3} = 16$

Answer 2

Length of each side is 16 cm.

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A piece of wire is 48 cm long. What will the length of each side if the wire is used to form an equilateral triangle?

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• Length of wire = 48 cm

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• length of a side of an equilateral triangle.

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[As we know that equilateral triangle has equal sides.]

So, Let x be the sides.

• According to the question:-

$\implies \: x + x + x =48 \: cm$

$\implies3x = 48 \: cm$

$\implies \: x = \frac{48}{3}$

$\color{green}{\boxed{ \implies \: x =16}}$

Therefore, Length of each side is 16 cm.

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Additional information:-

Basic Properties of equilateral triangle:-

• All three sides are equal.
• All three angles are congruent and are equal to 60 degrees.
• In an equilateral triangle, median, angle bisector, and altitude for all sides are all the same.