SOLUTION: You bend a drinking straw into the shape of an equilateral triangle. Each side is 4.5 cm long. How long is the straw

SOLUTION: You bend a drinking straw into the shape of an equilateral triangle. Each side is 4.5 cm long. How long is the straw

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Question 877656: You bend a drinking straw into the shape of an equilateral triangle. Each side is 4.5 cm long. How long is the straw
Answer by jackspratt999(5) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Ok. the triangle being equilateral means every side is equal t 4.5cm. As a triangle has 3 sides, simply times 4.5 by 3, giving you 13.5cm.
The length of the straw is 13.5cm
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