Knowing that the Latin root - equi - means "equal," choose the best meaning for the word equilateral as it is used in the sentence below.

The box appears to be square, but I would have to measure its sides to prove that it is equilateral.

A. equally distributed.

B. well balanced.

C. having many sides.

D. having equal sides.

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Digger

28 September, 01:38

Knowing that the Latin root - equi - means "equal," choose the best meaning for the word equilateral as it is used in the sentence below.

The box appears to be square, but I would have to measure its sides to prove that it is equilateral.

A. equally distributed.

B. well balanced.

C. having many sides.

D. having equal sides.

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Deanna · Answer 1

The answer is D.

Explanation:

Lateral is Latin term which means side. It is mostly used to describe sides of an object, so we can say for example side of the box, side of a car, side of a human body ... Since - equi - mean equal and lateral means side, the correct answer is D, the object, or in this case a box whose sides are all equal.

Potentially confusing answer could be C (having more sides). As a synonym for this we would use another Latin prefix multi - which means many (multilateral)