Question

An equilateral triangle has side length 8 units. What is the area?

A. 24√3 units
B. 24 units
C. 32 units
D. 16√3 units

Answer 1

I’m going to say B from what I found

Answer 2

D. 16√3

Explanation:

To find the area, you have to find the height. To find that, you spit the triangle in half for a 30 - 60 - 90 triangle and figure out that the height is 4√3.

After you find the height, you do the equation for the area of a triangle which is 1/2 side * height, and you fill it out.

1/2 8 * 4√3

4 * 4√3

16√3