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An Equilateral Triangle Has Perimeter 27 CM

An equilateral triangle has a perimeter of 27 cm, so each of its 3 equal sides is 9 cm. The triangle can be divided into two right triangles, with one having a base of 4.5 cm and a hypotenuse of 9 cm. Using the Pythagorean theorem on this right triangle yields the height of the equilateral triangle as 7.8 cm. Plugging the base of 9 cm and the height of 7.8 cm into the area formula for an equilateral triangle gives an area of 35.1 cm^2.

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An Equilateral Triangle Has Perimeter 27 CM

An equilateral triangle has a perimeter of 27 cm, so each of its 3 equal sides is 9 cm. The triangle can be divided into two right triangles, with one having a base of 4.5 cm and a hypotenuse of 9 cm. Using the Pythagorean theorem on this right triangle yields the height of the equilateral triangle as 7.8 cm. Plugging the base of 9 cm and the height of 7.8 cm into the area formula for an equilateral triangle gives an area of 35.1 cm^2.

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An equilateral triangle has perimeter 27 cm. what is its area?

an equilateral triangle with a perimeter


of 27 cm will have 3 sides = 9cm.
A line drawn from the midpoint of the
triangles base up to the highest apex
will construct a right angled triangle
of base = 4.5 cm and hypotenuse = 9 cm
The vertical side^2 = hypotenuse^2 - base^2
Vertical side^2 = 9^2 - 4.5^2
Vertical side^2 = 81 - 20.25
Vertical side =
Vertical side = 7.8 cm
Area of equilateral = 1/2(base * height)
Area of equilateral = 1/2(9 * 7.8)
Area = 35.1 cm^2

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