SOLUTION: Which statements about finding the area of the equilateral triangle are true? Check all that apply. The apothem can be found using the Pythagorean theorem. The apothem can be f

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Question 1116406: Which statements about finding the area of the equilateral triangle are true? Check all that apply.
The apothem can be found using the Pythagorean theorem.
The apothem can be found using the tangent ratio.
The perimeter of the equilateral triangle is 15 cm.
The length of the apothem is approximately 2.5 cm.
The area of the equilateral triangle is approximately 65 cm2.
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You didn't specify the length of the side, so we can't tell whether any of the last three statements are true. But they are all inconsistent with each other; so at most one of them can be true.

The first two statements are false. I don't know what you mean by "using the tangent ratio"; but to find the apothem you need to know that it is 1/3 of the altitude, so you can't find its length using only the Pythagorean Theorem or using only the tangent ratio.