Equilateral triangle terms of side length "a" can be derived directly using the Pythagorean theorem or using trigonometry. The area of a triangle is half of one side "a" times the height "h" from that side: The legs of either right triangle formed by an altitude of the equilateral triangle are half of the base "a", and the hypotenuse is the side "a" of the equilateral triangle. The height of an equilateral triangle can be found using the Pythagorean theorem so that Substituting "h" into the area formula (1/2)"ah" gives the area formula for the equilateral triangle: Using trigonometry, the area of
Automedian triangle satisfying the formula "a" = "b" + "c". That is, in order for the three numbers "a", "b", and "c" to be the sides of an automedian triangle, the sequence of three squared side lengths "b", "a", and "c" should form an arithmetic progression. If "x", "y", and "z" are the three sides of a right triangle, sorted in increasing order by size, and if 2"x" < "z", then "z", "x" + "y", and "y" − "x" are the three sides of an automedian triangle. For instance, the right triangle with side lengths 5, 12, and 13 can be used