Chapter 12, Problem 2E

Consider the construction of a Koch snowflake starting with a seed triangle having sides of length $18$ cm. Let $M$ denote the number of sides, $L$ the length of each side, and $P$ the perimeter of the “snowflake” obtained at the indicated step of the construction. Complete the missing entries in Table 12-2.

Table $12-2$

	M	L	P
Start	$3$	$18$ cm	$54$ cm
Step $1$	$12$	$6$ cm	$72$ cm
Step $2$
Step $3$
Step $4$
Step $5$