Equilateral Triangle Volume

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$V = sqrt(3)/4 * "a" ^2 * "h"$

$(a)" Length of all sides of the triangle"$

$(h)" Height of the equilateral triangle column"$

The Math / Science

The formula for the volume of a triangular object where the triangle is an equilateral triangle with three sides of the same length, and an object height is:

$V = sqrt(3)/4 * a^2 * h$ `

where:

V = Volume of Triangular Object
a = Length of the three sides
h = Height of the Object.

Volume is a three dimensional measurement of the amount of space taken up by an object. Volume units are cubic measurements for solid objects such as cubic inches and cubic meters. Fluids have separate volume units such as liters, fluid ounces, cups, gallons, and barrel.

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