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A piece of wire is 5 feet long is to be cut into 2 pieces, one piece is X feet long and is bent into the shape of an equilateral triang
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Question 678994: I need help with finding an equation for:
A piece of wire is 5 feet long is to be cut into 2 pieces, one piece is X feet long and is bent into the shape of an equilateral triangle. the other piece is bent into a circle. Find an equation for the total area of the triangle and the circle as a function of X.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The whole length of wire is ft
ft is used for the equilateral triangle
is used for the circle
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The area of the triangle is
The base is . The height is
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The area of the circle is
To find , find the circumference
and
Hope I got it
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