SOLUTION: Two gardens are being fenced in. Both gardens will require the same amount of fencing (both gardens have the same perimeter in meters). One garden is the shape of a square and the
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Question 887180: Two gardens are being fenced in. Both gardens will require the same amount of fencing (both gardens have the same perimeter in meters). One garden is the shape of a square and the other is in the shape of an equilateral triangle. Each side of the triangle is 7 meters longer than each side of the square. Find the dimensions of the gardens? Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! x for the side length of the square, and y for side length of the triangle. , from description.
Perimeters of the square and the equilat. triangle are equal. ------ Think of this carefully.
When that makes sense, just solve it for x, and use this to compute y.
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