SOLUTION: An equilateral triangle has a side of 4 decimeters. A new triangle is formed by joining the midpoints of the sides. If this procedure is repeated 5 times, what is the perimeter and
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Question 1167607: An equilateral triangle has a side of 4 decimeters. A new triangle is formed by joining the midpoints of the sides. If this procedure is repeated 5 times, what is the perimeter and area of the sixth triangle?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Each new triangle has a side length that is 1/2 of the previous triangle, so the side length of the sixth triangle is:
decimeters.
You can calculate perimeter and area from that.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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