Area of an equilateral triangle - MATLAB Cody - MATLAB Central

Problem 2016. Area of an equilateral triangle

Created by Tanya Morton

Difficulty:Rate

Solve Later
Add To GroupÃ‚

Calculate the area of an equilateral triangle of side x.

Image courtesy of Wikipedia.

Solve

Solution Stats

10129 Solutions
6526 Solvers

Last Solution submitted on Jul 11, 2025

Last 200 Solutions

Problem Comments

8 Comments

8 Comments

Show 5 older comments

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

Solution Comments

Show comments

Problem Recent Solvers6526

Suggested Problems

Who knows the last digit of pi?

676 Solvers
Back to basics 22 - Rotate a matrix

922 Solvers
Sum of series I

1945 Solvers
Make roundn function

4151 Solvers
Find the nearest prime number

644 Solvers

More from this Author10

Side of an equilateral triangle

6559 Solvers
Dimensions of a rectangle

5502 Solvers
Is this triangle right-angled?

6128 Solvers
Triangle sequence

5441 Solvers
Length of the hypotenuse

15297 Solvers

Problem Tags

Community Treasure Hunt

Find the treasures in MATLAB Central and discover how the community can help you!

Start Hunting!