Write true or false and justify your answer.
ABC and BDE are two equilateral triangles such that D is the mid-point of BC. Then ar (BDE) = ar ( ABC).
Answer: [True]
Solution.
Given and are two equilateral triangles.
D is the mid-point of BC, so BD = CD = BC
Let each sides of be x.
So each side of is .
Area of an equilateral triangle is given as
Now,
Hence,
Therefore the given statement is true.