Question

The perimeter of an equilateral triangle is 12 feet. Find the area of the triangle.


8√3
8
4√3

Answer 1

if the sides of an equilateral are all the same, each side would be 12/3 which is?

Answer 2

4

Answer 3

so with each side being 4 you would take 2 times the height

Answer 4

ok, so now lets draw the altitude which will be the height

Answer 5

since this is a special 30-60-90 triangle, the sides have a special relationship.