Joe has a triangle with area 3. What's the smallest perimeter it could have?
Solution
Solution:
The minimum occurs for an equilateral triangle. The area of an equilateral triangle with side-length s is 43s2, so if the area is 3 then s=334=2. Multiplying by 3 to get the perimeter yields the answer 6.
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