SOLUTION: Mrs. Mateo wants to add a triangular garden in the yard behind her house. Each side is to be 8 feet long.
a. Find the length of the fence needed to enclose it.
c. Find the area o
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Question 1013893: Mrs. Mateo wants to add a triangular garden in the yard behind her house. Each side is to be 8 feet long.
a. Find the length of the fence needed to enclose it.
c. Find the area of the triangular garden.
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The perimeter is the sum of the three sides, so that
8 + 8 + 8 = 24 feet
The area of an equilateral triangle is given by the formula
=
=
square feet
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