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# Equilateral Triangle Calculator

Input the side, perimeter, area, circumcircle radius or altitude of an equilateral triangle, then choose a missing value.
The calculator will display step-by-step explanation on how to find the missing value.
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The missing value:
Provide any value of an equilateral triangle
calculator works with decimals, fractions and square roots (to input $\color{blue}{\sqrt{2}}$ type $\color{blue}{\text{r2}}$)
side
a =

height
h =
perimeter
P =

area
A =
circumcircle
R =

incircle
r =
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EXAMPLES
example 1:ex 1:
What is the area of an equilateral triangle of perimeter $P = 6\sqrt{2}$.
example 2:ex 2:
What is the perimeter of an equilateral triangle if its height is $\dfrac{20}{3} cm^2$?
example 3:ex 3:
If base of an equilateral triangle $50$ inches long, what is the triangle's height?
example 4:ex 4:
$\triangle ABC$ is an equilateral triangle with area $24$. Find the perimeter.
TUTORIAL

## Equilateral triangle calculations

This calculator uses the following formulas to find the missing values of a triangle.

 Perimeter: $$P = 3 \cdot a$$ Area: $$A = \frac{a^2 \sqrt{3}}{4}$$ Height: $$h = \frac{a \sqrt{3}}{2}$$ Circumcircle radius: $$R = \frac{a \sqrt{3}}{3}$$ Incircle radius: $$r = \frac{a \sqrt{3}}{6}$$

### Example 01 :

What is the area of an equilateral triangle whose side is $12 cm$.

### Solution:

In this example we have $a = 12$.

To find the area we will use formula $A = \dfrac{a^2 \sqrt{3}}{4}$

\begin{aligned} A & = \frac{a^2 \sqrt{3}}{4} \\[ 1 em] A & = \frac{12^2 \sqrt{3}}{4} \\[ 1 em] A & = \frac{144 \sqrt{3}}{4} \\[ 1 em] A & = 36 \sqrt{3} \end{aligned}

### Example 02 :

What is the side of an equilateral triangle whose height is 15 cm?

### Solution:

In this example we have $h = 15$.

To find height we will use formula $h = \dfrac{a \sqrt{3}}{2}$

\begin{aligned} h & = \frac{a \sqrt{3}}{2} \\[ 1 em] 15 & = \frac{a \sqrt{3}}{2} \\[ 1 em] a \sqrt{3} & = 15 \cdot 2 \\[ 1 em] a \sqrt{3} & = 30 \\[1 em] a & = \frac{30}{\sqrt{3}} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{3}}{\sqrt{3}} \\[1 em] a & = \frac{30 \sqrt{3}}{3} \\[ 1 em] a & = 10 \sqrt{3} \approx 17.3 \end{aligned}
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