document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=935051>Question 935051</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If I am given the height of the equilateral triangle how do I find the area? The height is 8 units .  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #568158 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=568158\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Special triangles, two of them.  30-60-90 type, a RIGHT TRIANGLE, each.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hypotenuse is a side of the equilateral triangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Short leg is HALF the hypotenuse length.  The height, is the other leg, given as size 8 units.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x=short leg size of the special right triangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM FORMULA,  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2%2B8%5E2=%282x%29%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2%2B8%5E2=%282x%29%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "According to the way the x variable was assigned, you really want 2x, solvable.  The base for the equilateral triangle is 2x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area for the equilateral triangle will be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281%2F2%29%282x%29%288%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281%2F2%29%282x%29%288%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, typical formula applied for area of triangle.  This will be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%2A2x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%2A2x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I simply did not solve x for you. </SPAN>\n" );
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