SOLUTION: The sides of a square are one third the length of the sides of an equilateral triangle. The difference between their perimeters is 40 cm. What is the length of each side of the squ

Question 1010089: The sides of a square are one third the length of the sides of an equilateral triangle. The difference between their perimeters is 40 cm. What is the length of each side of the square? What is the length of each side of the triangle?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
SQUARE, side length x

EQ. TRIANGLE, side length 3x

Difference in perimeters is 40.

RELATED QUESTIONS
An equilateral triangle is one in which all three sides are of equal length. If two... (answered by mananth)

How long are the sides of an equilateral triangle inside a one inch... (answered by Edwin McCravy)

an equilateral triangle is drawn by joining the midpoints of the sides of another... (answered by KMST)

The equilateral triangle is one in which all three sides are of equal length. If two... (answered by richard1234,robertb)

an equilateral triangle has an area of 36 times the square root of 3. What is the length... (answered by mananth,fractalier)

The area of an equilateral triangle is 100 3 square inches. How long are its... (answered by ikleyn)

which is the length of the third side of an equilateral triangle if two sides each have a (answered by asuar010)

An equilateral triangle has a perimeter of 18 inches. What is the perimeter of a square... (answered by josgarithmetic)

The area of an equilateral triangle is 20 square meters. One of its sides is 10 meters... (answered by Alan3354)