Geometry note N. Kraj

We want to find the area of an equilateral triangle just knowing a single side we call $"a"$ , that means without finding $"h"$ with the Pythagorean theorem.

We know the area of any triangle: - $S(delta) = "base" \times "height" / 2$

Now, write $"h"$ in terms of $"a"$ ( for any $a$ given ):

$h^2 + (a/2)^2 = a^2$
$h^2 + a^2 /4 = a^2$
$h^2 \times 4 + a^2 = a^2 \times 4$ ( multiply all with $4$ )
$h^2 = a^2 \times 3 / 4$
$h = \frac{a \times \sqrt{3} }{2}$

Now replace $h$ with the result in the formula:

$S(delta) = \frac{ a \times ( a \times \sqrt{3} /2 ) }{2}$
$S(delta) = \frac{ a^2 \times \sqrt{3} }{4}$

And you will never need to find $"h"$ , only to know just $"a"$ .

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I found out that this was in brilliant, geometry section, premium version.

I wonder when are they going to make this available only for premium😅.

Nikolas Кraj - 1 year, 11 months ago

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