Therefore, the area of the equilateral triangle is , or approximately 43.5 units2.

Use the triangle area formula, A = 1/2 × base × height. For choice A, 1/2 × 2.9 × 30 = 43.5 square units, matching the approximate area in the question. The other expressions do not evaluate to 43.5.

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