document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=397728>Question 397728</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If the altitude of an equilateral triangle is 15, find the length of the sides. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's have x represent the length of each side of the triangle. Now we can <BR>\n" );
document.write( "write an equation as using Pythagorean formula:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+1/2x^2=15^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This can be written out as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 1/2 x^2=225<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide each side by 1.5 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2=150<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Square root both sides:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=sq rt 150 or rewritten as 5 sq rt 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
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