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A wire in the shape of an equilateral triangle of
side 16 cm is rebent into a regular octagon. Each
side of the octagon is:


Sagot :

Answer:  6 cm

Explanation

The equilateral triangle has perimeter of 3*16 = 48 cm. This is the length of the wire. Split this 8 ways to get 48/8 = 6 cm as the side lengths of the regular octagon.