Explanation
Correct answer: 104.
An equilateral triangle is a triangle in which all three sides have the same length and all three angles have a measure of . The height of the triangle, , is the length of the altitude from one vertex. The altitude divides the equilateral triangle into two congruent 30-60-90 right triangles, where the altitude is the side across from the angle in each 30-60-90 right triangle. Since the altitude has a length of , it follows from the properties of 30-60-90 right triangles that the side across from each angle has a length of and each hypotenuse has a length of . In this case, the hypotenuse of each 30-60-90 right triangle is a side of the equilateral triangle; therefore, each side length of the equilateral triangle is . The perimeter of a triangle is the sum of the lengths of each side. It's given that the perimeter of the equilateral triangle is ; therefore, , or . Dividing both sides of this equation by yields .
Desmos solution:
Note: An equilateral triangle’s height is half its side times sqrt(3), so divide the perimeter by 3·2 to find k.
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