Question

A piece of green rope is being used to make a border around the outside of a sculpture that is in the shape of an equilateral triangle. One side of the equilateral triangle has a length of 3x + 3. Give TWO equivalent expressions that can be used to represent the length of the rope that is used to border all 3 sides.

Answer 1

Answer:

The equivalent expressions are;

9x + 9

and

9(x + 1)

Step-by-step explanation:

Mathematically, we should understand that an equilateral triangle has all of its sides equal

So if one side is 3x+ 3, the other sides too measures same

Therefore, the length of the rope represents the perimeter of the triangle

This is obtainable by adding all the side lengths together

This will be;

3x + 3 + 3x + 3 + 3x + 3 = 9x + 9

This is also same as 9(x + 1)