Question

This equilateral triangle has side lengths of 6 inches and a height of approximately 5 inches. Find the area, given these dimensions.​

Answer 1

To find the area of a triangle we use this equation:

$\frac{1}{2} bh$

b= base

h= height

So since we are given the information that the sides are 6 and the height is 5 we simply can plug the information right into the equation:

$\frac{(6)(5)}{2}$= 15

So the are is 15 inches sqaured, hope this helps :)