SOLUTION: If i have an equilateral triangle and all the sides are 8 how do i find the height? please help.

Question 437545: If i have an equilateral triangle and all the sides are 8 how do i find the height? please help.
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you make a the apex to bisect the base then it is the height. It divides the triangle into two 30-60-90 triangles. One of those triangles has a hypotenuse of 8 and a base of 4 and a height of 4sqrt(3). Answer
All 30-60-90 triangles have a ratio of x, xsqrt(3), 2x for the three sides.
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Ed
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