SOLUTION: one side of a square is 5 yards less than a side of an equilateral triangle. If the perimeter of the square is the same as the perimeter of the triangle, what is the lenght of a s
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Question 981341: one side of a square is 5 yards less than a side of an equilateral triangle. If the perimeter of the square is the same as the perimeter of the triangle, what is the lenght of a side of the square? and of the triangle?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
be the measure of the side of the triangle. Then 
is the side of the square. The perimeter of the triangle is then 
, and the perimeter of the square is )
. Since the perimeters are equal:
\ =\ 3x)
Solve for and then calculate
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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