An equilateral triangle has side length 10 centimeters. find its area in square centimeters. hint: the altitude of an equilateral triangle is the perpendicular bisector of its base.

Mrs. avila is buying a wallpaper border to go on all of her kitchen walls. she wants to buy 5 extra feet of wallpaper border than she needs to be sure she has enough. she buys 55.5 feet of the border. the store owner selling the border uses the width of mrs. avila's kitchen to determine that the length of her kitchen must be 14.5 feet.