Question

The altitude of an equilateral triangle is 5 cm. what is the length of a side of the triangle?

Answer 1

Answer:

The length side of the triangle is $\frac{10\sqrt{3}}{3}\ cm$

Step-by-step explanation:

we know that

The equilateral triangle has three equal sides and three equal internal angles of measure of 60 degrees each.

Let

b------> the length side of the equilateral triangle

Applying Pythagoras theorem

$b^{2}=(b/2)^{2}+5^{2}\\\\ b^{2}-(b/2)^{2}=25\\\\ (3/4)b^{2}=25\\ \\b^{2} =25*4/3\\ \\b=\frac{10}{\sqrt{3}}\ cm\\ \\b=\frac{10\sqrt{3}}{3}\ cm$