GMAT Math : Equilateral Triangles

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Example Questions

Example Question #103 : Triangles

Find the perimeter of the equilateral triangle.

  1. A side measures .
  2. The area is .
Possible Answers:

Statements 1 and 2 are not sufficient, and additional data is needed to answer the question.

Statement 2 alone is sufficient, but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question.

Both statements taken together are sufficient to answer the question, but neither statement alone is sufficient.

Each statement alone is sufficient to answer the question.

Statement 1 alone is sufficient, but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question.

Correct answer:

Each statement alone is sufficient to answer the question.

Explanation:

Recall the formula for perimeter of a triangle.

where  represents the side length of the triangle

Statement 1: We're given the length of the side so all we need to do is plug this value into the equation. 

Statement 2: We're given the area so we first need to solve for the side length.

Now we can plug the value into the equation, like we did in Statement 1.

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