document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=423468>Question 423468</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do you find the area of an equilateral triangle???<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #295358 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=295358\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> when an equilateral triangle is sitting on one of the sides, the altitude to the opposite vertex bisects the side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "___ this divides the triangle into two 30-60-90 right triangles\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if the length of a side of the equilateral triangle is \"s\",<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then the altitude (which is one of the 30-60-90 sides) is {[s * sqrt(3)] / 2}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "using the triangle area formula (1/2 * b * h) ___ (1/2)(s){[s * sqrt(3)] / 2}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the area is ___ [(s^2) * sqrt(3)] / 4 </SPAN>\n" );
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