Equilateral triangles have sides of all equal length and angles of 60°. To find the height, we can draw an altitude to one of the sides in order to split the triangle into two equal 30-60-90 triangles.

Now, the side of the original equilateral triangle (lets call it "a") is the hypotenuse of the 30-60-90 triangle. Because the 30-60-90 triange is a special triangle, we know that the sides are x, x, and 2x, respectively.

Thus, a = 2x and x = a/2.
Height of the equilateral triangle = 

Equilateral triangles have sides of equal length, with angles of 60°. To find the height, we can draw an altitude to one of the sides in order to split the triangle into two equal 30-60-90 triangles.

Now, the side of the original equilateral triangle (lets call it "a") is the hypotenuse of the 30-60-90 triangle. Because the 30-60-90 triange is a special triangle, we know that the sides are x, x, and 2x, respectively.

Thus, a = 2x and x = a/2.
Height of the equilateral triangle = 

An equilateral triangle has three congruent sides, and is also an equiangular triangle with three congruent angles that each meansure 60 degrees.

To find the height we divide the triangle into two special 30 - 60 - 90 right triangles by drawing a line from one corner to the center of the opposite side. This segment will be the height, and will be opposite from one of the 60 degree angles and adjacent to a 30 degree angle. The special right triangle gives side ratios of , , and . The hypoteneuse, the side opposite the 90 degree angle, is the full length of one side of the triangle and is equal to . Using this information, we can find the lengths of each side fo the special triangle.

The side with length will be the height (opposite the 60 degree angle). The height is inches.

To solve, it's easiest to first visualize the height's relationship with the rest of the triangle's sides:

The height is one of the legs of a right triangle. The hypotenuse is 4, and the other leg is 2, or half of the base side, 4. To determine the height, use Pythagorean Theorem:

subtract 4 from both sides

take the square root of both sides

The following formula can be used to determine the height of an equilateral triangle when we are given the length of the sides:

To solve for the height of an equilateral triangle, we can divide the triangle into two right triangles. In the below image, the bisecting line represents the height, and we can solve for height by applying the Pythagorean Theorem:

An equilateral triangle has three equal sides, as can be deduced from its name. This also means that as a result, the triangle is also equiangular. That is, all its interior angles are the same. Because the sum of internal angles of a triangle is , that means that each interior angle is . 

The height (the dotted line in the diagram) is the length that bisects the apical angle while bisecting the base of the triangle. Drawing the dotted line splits the equilateral triangle into two congruent right triangles. Because they're the same, we only need to consider one of the two smaller triangles to obtain our answer. Keeping in mind that the base of the equilateral triangle has been bisected, this means that the base of the right triangle has the length of  . With a base of  and a hypotenuse of , we can easily solve for the height (the third side) with the Pythagorean Theorem.

This problem can also be solved using trigonometric functions or even revisiting 30-60-90 triangle rules. 

Using the Pythagorean Theorem, 

Therefore, the height of the equilateral triangle is .