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Find the area of an equilateral triangle having altitude h cm.

Let each side of equilateral triangle is a cm



Using pythagorous theorem in right ∆ADB


(AB)2 = (AD)2 + (BD)2


()2 = ()2 + ()2


= cm


Area of an equilateral triangle = = = = = cm2


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