SOLUTION: The vertices of a cube of side length 2cm are connected to form a triangle as shown. What is the area of the triangle?
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Question 1175874: The vertices of a cube of side length 2cm are connected to form a triangle as shown. What is the area of the triangle?
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Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
here you have equaterial triangle and side length is equal to the diagonal of a cube
if a cube of side length , diagonal is
=> equal to the side of a equaterial triangle
we need height of a triangle
the area of the triangle:
->exact solution
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