Answer :
Answer:
[tex]\frac{1}{15}[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
as said in the question that the triangle has three equal sides. i.e. this is an equilateral triangle. So,
let us consider one side of the triangle to be x . and 3x( x+x+x) should be equal to 1/5
[tex]x+x+x = \frac{1}{5}\\3x=\frac{1}{5}\\x = \frac{1}{5} / 3\\x = \frac{1}{5} * \frac{1}{3}\\x = \frac{1}{15}[/tex]
Piper used 1/15 meter of ribbon for each side of the equilateral triangle by dividing the total ribbon length (1/5 meter) by the number of sides (3).
The student is asking about how to divide a total length of ribbon equally among three sides of a triangle. Piper used 1/5 meter of ribbon to create a border around a triangle where each side is the same length, which indicates that the triangle is equilateral. Since all sides are of equal length, we need to divide the total length of the ribbon by three to find the length of ribbon used for each side.
Here's how we do it:
- Write down the total length of ribbon Piper used, which is 1/5 meter.
- Divide this length by 3 because the triangle has three sides of equal length.
- Perform the division: (1/5) \/ 3 = 1/15.
So, Piper used 1/15 meter of ribbon for each side of the triangle.