SOLUTION: Find the length of a side of an equilateral triangle with a height of 5 square root of 3.

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Question 1062709: Find the length of a side of an equilateral triangle with a height of 5 square root of 3.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
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The height is an altitude. This cuts the equilateral triangle into two right-triangles, congruent to eachother.

x, length of side of equilateral triangle;
also hypotenuse of either of the right triangles

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