Question

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

Answer 1

ok so permiter means the adding of all sides so to find the perimeter of this triangle there is 3 equal sides so knowing this what is x

Answer 2

ummm it going to be a equal number that's all I know :)

Answer 3

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ok so three sides in a triangle add them u get permeter which is 20
so what is x

Answer 4

i hate math umm i really dont know umm

Answer 5

aight ok so if my triangle had sides that equaled 5 then
3(5)=15 which is the permeter so what is x??

Answer 6

5 i think

Answer 7

? no ok so if i do this 3(5) when 5 is the the length of my side than what is x??

Answer 8

3 right???

Answer 9

ok so 3(3)=9 so 3(?)=20

Answer 10

6.6 i think

Answer 11

well im assuming u mean 20/3 which is 6 2/3 which rounded is 6.6 or 6.7 so ye

Answer 12

yur

Answer 13

thank you i sumwhat get it
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Answer 14

We aren't trying to solve for x
We just want to know what x represents
And since an equilateral triangle has 3 congruent sides, and 3x = 20, x represents the length of one side

Answer 15

simple just do 20/3...

Answer 16

thank you for the help

Answer 17

is this question answered? @jurassic