SOLUTION: Given that a triangle is equilateral, and one of its sides measures 20 units, what do the other sides measure?

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Question 514978: Given that a triangle is equilateral, and one of its sides measures 20 units, what do the other sides measure?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
equilateral.
EQUI means EQUAL
LATERAL means SIDES
So EQUILATERAL means "ALL THREE SIDES ARE EQUAL IN LENGTH".
If all three sides are EQUAL, and one of them is 20 units long,
what do the others two have to equal if they are all three EQUAL
in length?
Do I really have to answer that?
Edwin