Question

Find the area of an equilateral triangle with sides of length 8.

Answer 1

equilateral means all the sides have equal lengths and if all the angles are also equal

Answer 2

you already have the length of the base of this triangle

Answer 3

you just need the height

Answer 4

the height can be found by drawing a line that cuts the triangle in half and therefore bisecting the northern angle and bisecting the southern line segment

Answer 5

Then to find that height use the Pythagorean theorem