document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=896236>Question 896236</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> an equilateral triangle has a height of 16 inches. how long one of its sides? (Hint: use the height of the triangle to partition the triangle into two congruent right triangles) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #543345 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=543345\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The height cuts the equilateral triangle into two 30-60-90 special triangles, both are right-triangles.  A side of the equilateral triangle is a hypotenuse.  You want to find the length of one of these sides, of length x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x%2F2%29%5E2%2B16%5E2=x%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x%2F2%29%5E2%2B16%5E2=x%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, according to Pythagorean Theorem.  The short side of the special triangle is HALF the length of the side for the equilateral triangle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for x. </SPAN>\n" );
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