Why did it take so much time and effort to construct the panama canal?

The Panama Canal took 10+ years to construct because construction workers only worked on it once every two weeks. This was because they were faced with difficult weather trying to build it. Difficulties such as land sliding, rain, costs, inadequate machinery, and the threat of yellow fever and malaria.

I'm pretty sure there's a geometry rule for   anyways, if the triangle is equilateral, and the circle is circumscribed, the circle is outside of the triangle.  to find the area, you need the radius.  the radius should be a straight line from the center of the triangle to any of it's points.  draw lines from the center of the circle to each of the triangle points.  draw three more lines from the center to the middle of the sides of the triangle.  you should now have six separate 30-60-90 triangles inside of your original triangle. use your 30-60-90 rules to solve for the radius, then the circumference.