calculate area of an equilateral triangle whose height is 20 cm
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mehul40:
no its height is 20 not all sides
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we know that AB=AC=BC=20.
This means that the height cuts AB in two equals parts, AH and HB, each 10 units long.
This means that, for example, AHC is a right triangle with AC=20 and AH=10, so
CH=√AC2−AH2=√202−102=√300=10√3
Since we know the base and the height, then the area is
20⋅10√32=100√3
This means that the height cuts AB in two equals parts, AH and HB, each 10 units long.
This means that, for example, AHC is a right triangle with AC=20 and AH=10, so
CH=√AC2−AH2=√202−102=√300=10√3
Since we know the base and the height, then the area is
20⋅10√32=100√3
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