SOLUTION: Two gardens are being fenced in. Both gardens will require the same amount of fencing (both gardens have the same perimeter in meters). One garden is the shape of a square and the

Question 887180: Two gardens are being fenced in. Both gardens will require the same amount of fencing (both gardens have the same perimeter in meters). One garden is the shape of a square and the other is in the shape of an equilateral triangle. Each side of the triangle is 7 meters longer than each side of the square. Find the dimensions of the gardens?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x for the side length of the square, and y for side length of the triangle.
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Perimeters of the square and the equilat. triangle are equal.
------ Think of this carefully.

When that makes sense, just solve it for x, and use this to compute y.

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x=21, y=28
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