Slava bent a piece of wire so that he got a triangle with sides 8 cm, 3 cm and 6 cm long. How long was this piece of wire?

Slava bent a piece of wire so that he got a triangle with sides 8 cm, 3 cm and 6 cm long. How long was this piece of wire? What is the perimeter of a triangle?

The solution of the problem:
1. Let’s determine how long the piece of wire was.
8 + 3 + 6 = 17 centimeters.
2. Let’s calculate what the perimeter of the triangle is.
8 + 3 + 6 = 17 centimeters.
Answer: The piece of wire that Slava bent was seventeen centimeters long. The perimeter of the triangle is seventeen centimeters.