?Initial perimeter (Pi) of the equilateral triangle is:?Pi = x + x + x = 3x
?The new perimeter (P?) of the new triangle is:
?????P? = (x + 20) + (x + 30) + (x + 40) = 3x + 90
?Since P? is between twice and three times Pi :?2(Pi) %26lt; P? %26lt; 3(Pi)
?then???????P? %26lt; 3(Pi)???and????P? %26gt; 2(Pi)
?????3x + 90 %26lt; 3(3x)??????????3x + 90 %26gt; 2(3x)
?????3x + 90 %26lt; 9x?????????????3x + 90 %26gt; 6x
???????-6x %26lt; -90???????????-3x %26gt; -90
???????x %26gt; 15 cm???????????????x %26lt; 30 cm
?so %26quot;??x??%26quot; must be between 15 cm and 30 cm.