document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=261056>Question 261056</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The perimeter of an equalateral triangle is 45 inches. A rectangle whose width is 1/3 its length has a perimeter of 48 inches. Which figure has the longest side? explain\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "An equilateral triangle has three sides of equal measure.  The perimeter is the distance around the figure, so divide 45 by 3 to get the measure of one side of the equilateral triangle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A rectangle perimeter is given by:\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( "But you know that the width is one third of the length, which is to say that the length is 3 times the width, and you know the perimeter to be 48 so you can write:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2(3w)\ +\ 2w\ =\ 48\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve the above for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large w\"> then multiply by 3 to determine the length of the rectangle.  Then solve for the measure of the side of the equilateral triangle by dividing 45 by 3.  Which is longer?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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