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A wire when bent in the form of a square encloses an area of 576 m^2. Find the largest area enclosed by the same wire when bent toform equilateral triangle. ( square root of 3 = 1.732)i. 443 39 m^2ii. 375 m^2 |
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Answer» Given, a wire when BENT in the form of a square encloses an area of 576 sq.m . Area of Square=(SIDE) 2 576=(side) 2 side= _/576 =24 cm Perimeter of square =4×side =4×24 =96 cm. When same wire is formed into equilateral triangle, then perimeter of square is equals to perimeter of triangle. ∴ Perimeter of equilateral triangle =96 cm or, 3×side=96 cm side= 3/96 =32 cm. =256 _/3cm 2 |
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