You can put this solution on YOUR website! An equilateral triangle has the same values for each side, and in Euclidean geometry, has the same degrees for each angle as well (60).
So, with the information given, we know that all sides are going to be
To find the altitude, we could draw a line perpendicular from the base of the triangle extending to the top point.
Since drawing a perpendicular line from the top point to the base will "cut" the length of the base in half (based on the fact that the triangle is equilateral), we can conclude that each half of the base will be or and we have also formed a right triangle.
With that information, we now have the values to solve a right triangle using the Pythagorean theorem:
Base (side):
Equilateral triangle side (hypotenuse):
Altitude (other side): b
, where a and b are sides and c is the hypotenuse. (subtraction axiom)
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