document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=552375>Question 552375</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you find the area, in square meters, of an equilateral triangle with a perimeter of 36 m. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #360302 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=neatmath><B>neatmath(302)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=neatmath><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=neatmath><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=360302\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <br><font face=\"Tahoma\">There are a couple different ways to do this.<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One, you can divide the triangle up into 2 right triangles to more easily use the standard area of a triangle formula.<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Of course we know that formula to be:<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=A=%281%2F2%29%2Ab%2Ah ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"A=%281%2F2%29%2Ab%2Ah\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where b is the base and h is the height.<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Or two, you can use the formula for the area of an equilateral triangle!<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This formula is:<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=A=%28sqrt%283%29%2F4%29%2Aa%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"A=%28sqrt%283%29%2F4%29%2Aa%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where a is the length of a side of the triangle.<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the perimeter of your triangle is 36 m,<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then each side must measure 36/3, or 12 m.<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So we just need to plug this value of a=12 into the formula:<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=A=sqrt%283%29%2A36 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"A=sqrt%283%29%2A36\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=A=36%2Asqrt%283%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"A=36%2Asqrt%283%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > meters squared which is the exact answer.<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can use a calculator to find the approximate decimal equivalent,<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "but that is up to you to decide whether you need that.<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I hope this helps!  :)<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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