What Do They Have In Common?

Geometry Level 2

Given that the area of an equilateral triangle and its perimeter share the same numerical value, what is this numerical value?

10 3 10\sqrt3 8 3 8\sqrt3 12 3 12\sqrt3 6 3 6\sqrt3

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1 solution

Rakshit Pandey
May 27, 2016

Let us denote the length of the side of the Equilateral Triangle by a a .
Therefore,
Area of the equilateral triangle = 3 4 a 2 = \frac{\sqrt 3}{4} a^2
Perimeter of the equilateral triangle = 3 a = 3a

Equating the two gives us,
3 4 a 2 = 3 a \frac{\sqrt 3}{4} a^2 = 3a
a = 4 3 \Rightarrow a = 4\sqrt 3
Therefore, length of each side of the given equilateral triangle is 4 3 4 \sqrt 3 .

Using this value to find the numerical value, we get Perimeter P = 3 a P = 3 × 4 3 P = 12 3 P = 3a \Rightarrow P = 3 \times 4\sqrt 3 \Rightarrow \boxed{P = 12\sqrt 3} .

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