Elementary Geometry for College Students (5th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1439047901
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-790-3

Chapter 10 - Section 10.3 - Preparing to Do Analytic Proofs - Exercises - Page 474: 27

Answer

$b = \sqrt3a$

Work Step by Step

We set the equations for the area of a triangle and the area of an equilateral triangle equal to each other: $\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}s^2 = (1/2)(b)(h) \\\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}(2a)^2 = (1/2)(2a)(b) \\ \sqrt{3}a^2 = ab \\ b = \sqrt3a$$
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