Elijah draws shapes on his graph paper.He draws a square with sides 1/2 inch long. He draws an equilateral triangle with sides that are 1/4 inch long. What is another measurement that describes the length of the triangle's sides ?
a. 2/1 inch
b. 2/2 inch
c. 2/8 inch
d. 2/4 inch
To find another measurement that describes the length of the triangle's sides, we can look at the relationship between the side lengths of the square and the triangle.
Elijah draws a square with sides that are 1/2 inch long. We can convert this measurement to find the length of each side of the triangle. Since the triangle is an equilateral triangle, all sides are equal.
To find the length of each side of the equilateral triangle, we need to divide the length of the square's side by the number of sides in the triangle.
1/2 inch (length of square's side) ÷ 3 (number of sides in the triangle) = 1/6 inch
Therefore, another measurement that describes the length of the triangle's sides is 1/6 inch.
So, looking at the given options, none of the options corresponds to 1/6 inch. None of options a, b, c, or d is correct.