document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=234893>Question 234893</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A piece of wire is shaped to enclose an equilateral triangle whose area is (16 (sqrt 3) ) cm^2. It is then reshaped to enclose a rectangle whose length is 9 cm. Find the area of the rectangle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The area of an equilateral triangle given the measure of one side, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large s\">, is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ A\ =\ \frac{s^2\sqrt{3}}{4}\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{s^2\sqrt{3}}{4}\ = 16\sqrt{3}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{s^2}{4}\ = 16\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ s\ =\ 8\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore the perimeter of the triangle, and the length of the wire is 24.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The perimeter of a rectangle is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ P\ =\ 2l\ +\ 2w\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2(9)\ +\ 2w\ = 24\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the width is\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ w\ =\ 3\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the length is 9 and the width is 3, the area must be 27.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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