SOLUTION: How would I find the sides of an equilateral triangle by only knowing the area. The area of this equilateral triangle is 546 cm squared but it doesn't give me anything about the

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Question 600363: How would I find the sides of an equilateral triangle by only knowing the area.
The area of this equilateral triangle is 546 cm squared but it doesn't give me anything about the sides only the area... and I'm completely lost...

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The formula for the area of an equilateral triangle is





where 's' is the length of the side of the equilateral triangle.


You can solve for 's' to get




















Let me know if this helps. Thanks.

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