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If it is equilateral then all sides are equal so each side must have a length of 8.

Now the area is 1/2 base x height.

The base has length 8 so 1/2 is 4.

Now we need to find the height. This is equal to 8(square root (3)/2 or

4(square root 3)

So the area is 16xsquare root of 3.

You can also use the formula that area of equilateral triangle is

Length of side square x (square root of 3)/4.

In this case side length is 8 so we have 64/4=16

and we have the same answer of course.

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