SOLUTION: equilateral triangle has 12 inch sides. What is the height of the triangle to the nearest tenth?
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Question 303301: equilateral triangle has 12 inch sides. What is the height of the triangle to the nearest tenth?
Answer by nyc_function(2741) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If each side is 12, then each side has TWO-SIX inch sides.
Let h = height.
(6)^2 + (h)^2 = (12)^2
Can you find h now?
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