A rescue helicopter receives a distress call from a ship at sea. The diagram below displays the search pattern the helicopter will use. Each pass from a central point forms an equilateral triangle. What is the area of one of the triangular regions?
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Separate lines moving out from, across, and back to a central point form a series of equilateral triangles inside of a circle. The base of each triangle measures 8 kilometers, and the height measures 6.92 kilometers.