SAT Subject Test Mathematics Level 2

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

This triangle is a right triangle. The hypotenuse is the same as a side of one of the equilateral
triangles, which is the same as a side of the square, which is the square root of 16, or 4:


One of the legs of this right triangle is half of a diagonal of the square base—that is, half of
, or .


Now you can use the Pythagorean theorem to find the height:

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