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Problem 2016. Area of an equilateral triangle

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Calculate the area of an equilateral triangle of side x.

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Kaan Orhan Sergin on 13 Jun 2020

Nice

Rahul Gulia on 24 Sep 2021

Any idea of optimizing my answer?

function y = equilateral_area(x)
side_1 = (x/2)/tand(30);
y = (x/2)*side_1;
end

Isabella Stellitano on 13 Nov 2021

good problem

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