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Example Question #9 : Equilateral Triangles

An equilateral triangle is circumscribed about a circle of radius 16. Give the area of the triangle.

Possible Answers:

$768 \sqrt{2}$

$3,072\sqrt{3}$

$3,072\sqrt{2}$

The correct answer is not among the other choices.

$768 \sqrt{3}$

Correct answer:

$768 \sqrt{3}$

Explanation:

The circle and triangle referenced are below, along with a radius to one side and a segment to one vertex:

Equilateral

$\Delta ABO$ is a 30-60-90 triangle, so

$AB = OB \cdot \sqrt{3} = 16 \sqrt{3}$

$\overline{AB}$ is one-half of a side of the triangle, so the sidelength is $32\sqrt{3}$ . The area of the triangle is

$A = \frac{s^{2} \sqrt{3}}{4} = \frac{(32\sqrt{3})^{2} \sqrt{3}}{4} = \frac{1,024 \cdot 3 \cdot \sqrt{3}}{4}= 768 \sqrt{3}$

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Example Question #1 : Equilateral Triangles

Equilateral

In the above diagram, $\Delta ABC$ is equilateral. Give its area.

Possible Answers:

The correct answer is not among the other responses.

$512 \sqrt{6}$

$512 \sqrt{2}$

1,024

$512 \sqrt{3}$

Correct answer:

The correct answer is not among the other responses.

Explanation:

The interior angles of an equilateral triangle all measure 60 degrees, so, by the 30-60-90 Theorem,

$BM = \frac{AM}{\sqrt{3}} = \frac{32}{\sqrt{3}}$

Also, is the midpoint of $\overline{BC}$ , so $BC = 2 \cdot BM = \frac{64}{\sqrt{3}}$ ; this is the base.

The area of this triangle is half the product of the base and the height :

$A= \frac{1}{2} \cdot 32 \cdot \frac{64}{\sqrt{3}}= \frac{1,024}{\sqrt{3}} = \frac{1,024\cdot \sqrt{3}}{\sqrt{3} \cdot \sqrt{3}}= \frac{1,024 \sqrt{3}}{3}$

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Example Question #1 : How To Find The Area Of An Equilateral Triangle

The perimeter of an equilateral triangle is $30\sqrt{6}$ . Give its area.

Possible Answers:

$150\sqrt{3}$

$75\sqrt{6}$

$75\sqrt{3}$

$150\sqrt{2}$

$150\sqrt{6}$

Correct answer:

$150\sqrt{3}$

Explanation:

An equilateral triangle with perimeter $30\sqrt{6}$ has three congruent sides of length

$s = 30\sqrt{6}\div 3 = 10\sqrt{6}$

The area of this triangle is

$A = \frac{s^{2}\sqrt{3}}{4} = \frac{ \left ( 10\sqrt{6} \right )^{2}\sqrt{3}}{4} = \frac{100 \cdot 6 \cdot \sqrt{3}}{4} = 150\sqrt{3}$

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Example Question #1 : How To Find The Area Of An Equilateral Triangle

Hexagon ABCDEF is regular and has perimeter 72. $\Delta ACE$ is constructed. What is its area?

Possible Answers:

$36\sqrt{3}$

$144\sqrt{3}$

$54\sqrt{3}$

$72 \sqrt{3}$

$108 \sqrt{3}$

Correct answer:

$108 \sqrt{3}$

Explanation:

Since the perimeter of the (six-congruent-sided) regular hexagon is 72, each side has length one sixth this, or 12.

The figure described is given below, with a perpendicular segment drawn from to side $\overline{AC}$ :

Hexagon

Each angle of a regular hexagon measures $120^{\circ}$ . Therefore, $m \angle ABM = 60^{\circ }$ , and $\Delta ABM$ is a 30-60-90 triangle.

By the 30-60-90 Theorem,

$BM = \frac{1}{2}AB = \frac{1}{2} \cdot 12 = 6$

and

$AM = BM \sqrt{3} = 6 \sqrt{3}$

$AC = 2 \cdot AM = 2 \cdot 6 \sqrt{3} =12 \sqrt{3}$ .

$\Delta ACE$ is equilateral, and $12 \sqrt{3}$ is its sidelength, making its area

$A = \frac{s^{2}\sqrt{3}}{4} = \frac{\left (12 \sqrt{3} \right )^{2}\sqrt{3}}{4} = \frac{144 \cdot 3 \cdot \sqrt{3}}{4} =108 \sqrt{3}$

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Example Question #3 : How To Find The Area Of An Equilateral Triangle

The perimeter of an equilateral triangle is . Give its area.

Possible Answers:

108

$81 \sqrt{3}$

$81 \sqrt{2}$

$108\sqrt{2}$

$108\sqrt{3}$

Correct answer:

$81 \sqrt{3}$

Explanation:

An equilateral triangle with perimeter 54 has three congruent sides of length

$s = 51 \div 3 = 18$

The area of this triangle is

$A = \frac{s^{2}\sqrt{3}}{4} = \frac{18^{2}\sqrt{3}}{4} = \frac{324 \sqrt{3}}{4}= 81 \sqrt{3}$

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Example Question #4 : How To Find The Area Of An Equilateral Triangle

An equilateral triangle is inscribed inside a circle of radius . Give the area of the triangle.

Possible Answers:

$1,323 \sqrt{3}$

$\frac{1,323 \sqrt{3}}{4}$

$\frac{3,969\sqrt{3}}{4}$

$441\sqrt{3}$

$2,646\sqrt{3}$

Correct answer:

$1,323 \sqrt{3}$

Explanation:

The trick is to know that the circumscribed circle, or the circumcircle, has as its center the intersection of the three altitudes of the triangle, and that this center, or circumcenter, divides each altitude into two segments, one twice the length of the other - the longer one being a radius. Because of this, we can construct the following:

Equilateral

Each of the six smaller triangles is a 30-60-90 triangle, and all six are congruent.

We will find the area of $\Delta COY$ , and multiply it by 6.

By the 30-60-90 Theorem, $CY = OY \cdot \sqrt{3} = 21\sqrt{3}$ , so the area of $\Delta COY$ is

$A = \frac{1}{2}\cdot OY \cdot CY = \frac{1}{2} \cdot 21\cdot 21\sqrt{3} =\frac{ 441 \sqrt{3}}{2}$ .

Six times this - $6 \cdot \frac{ 441 \sqrt{3}}{2} = 1,323 \sqrt{3}$ - is the area of $\Delta ABC$ .

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Example Question #731 : Ssat Upper Level Quantitative (Math)

An equilateral triangle has side lengths of . What is the area of this triangle?

Possible Answers:

$4x^2\sqrt3$

$4\sqrt3$

$x^2\sqrt3$

$\sqrt3$

Correct answer:

$x^2\sqrt3$

Explanation:

The area of an equilateral triangle can be found using this formula:

$\frac{\sqrt3}{4}(\text{side length})^2$

Using $\text{side length}=2x$ , we can find the area of the equilateral triangle.

$\text{Area}=\frac{\sqrt3}{4}4x^2=x^2\sqrt3$

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SSAT Upper Level Math : How to find the area of an equilateral triangle

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