SOLUTION: What is the height of an equilateral triangle with sides that are 12 cm long?

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Question 942020: What is the height of an equilateral triangle with sides that are 12 cm long?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Use 1 side as the hypotenuse and 1/2 of another side as the leg of a right triangle.
The other leg of that triangle will be the height.
Using the Pythagorean theorem,
12%5E2=%2812%2F2%29%5E2%2BH%5E2
H%5E2=144-36
H%5E2=108
H=6sqrt%283%29 or formulaically, H=%28sqrt%283%29%2F2%29%2AS