SOLUTION: a rectangle with width and length . Then the wire is unbent and reshaped into a triangle. If each side of the triangle has equal length, what is this length?

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Question 883251: a rectangle with width and length . Then the wire is unbent and reshaped into a triangle. If each side of the triangle has equal length, what is this length?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You didn't provide the length and width so I'll just call them L and W.
For a rectangle, the perimeter is P=2%2A%28L%2BW%29
For an equilateral triangle, the perimeter is P=3S
3S=2%2A%28L%2BW%29
highlight%28S=%282%2F3%29%2A%28L%2BW%29%29