document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=749006>Question 749006</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> XYZ is an equileteral triangle of length 10cm. Find: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) calculate the height if the triangle using pythagoras theorem.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) calculate the area of the triangle </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #455722 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=timvanswearingen><B>timvanswearingen(106)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=timvanswearingen><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=timvanswearingen><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=455722\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The height would be drawn from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side.  Setting up a right triangle and using the Pythagorean Theorem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The height is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area is 1/2*base*height.  The base is 10 and we just found the height:\r<BR>\n" );
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