Jared wrote an equation for the perimeter of an equilateral triangle as 3x = 20. What does x represent in his equation?

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The perimeter of an object is equal to its sides added up. Because this is a triangle, it will have 3 equal sides. Since the triangle has 3 equal sides, its perimeter will be equal to one of its side lengths * 3.

Because the perimeter will be equal to one of its side lengths * 3, x is equal to one of the triangle's side lengths.

kumpel [21]3 years ago

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X is the variable for the length of the sides.

Because a equalilateral ∆ has 3 equal sides, they can be represented by one term (x)

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