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In an equilateral triangle, prove that three times the square of one side is equal to four times the square of one of its altitudes.

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In a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. [Pythagoras theorem]
In an equilateral triangle, prove that three times the square of one side is equal to four times the square of one of its altitudes.
In ΔABC,
AB = BC = CA (sides of the triangle), AD is the altitude ...
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