document.write( "Question 31738: An amount of fencing makes an equilateral triangle with sides 8 feet each. the same fencingf material is used to create a rectangle with 2 lenghts of 15 feet. What is the width of the rectangle? \n" ); document.write( "

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An equilateral triangle with sides 8 feet each makes the perimeter of the triangle 8*3 = 24 feet;
\n" ); document.write( "Perimeter of rectangle is 2(length+width) = perimeter of the traingle
\n" ); document.write( "=> 15 + 2*width = 24
\n" ); document.write( "=> 2*width = 9
\n" ); document.write( "=> width = 4.5
\n" ); document.write( "Answer: width of the rectangle is 4.5 feet \n" ); document.write( "

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