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Can the side opposite of the vertex of a triangle could be the base of a triangle?
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∙ 12y ago
Yes, though generally speaking the bottom, horizontal side (if any) of a triangle is called its base.
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What is the side opposite of the vertex angle of an isosceles triangle?
The base
The angle opposite the base angles of an isosceles triangle?
Vertex angle
What are the name of angles which are opposite to vertex angle in an isosceles triangle?
They're the 'base angles'.
What is the perpendicular distance from the base of a triangle to the opposite vertex?
That is the height of the triangle, the h in the formula a = 0.5b x h
What is the side opposite the vertex angle of an isoscles?
If you mean the vertex where the two equal sides of an isosceles triangle intersect, the side is the base.
What is the side opposite of the vertex angle of an isosceles triangle?
The base
The angle opposite the base angles of an isosceles triangle?
Vertex angle
Height of triangle?
The height of a triangle is the perpendicular distance measured from the chosen base (or base extension*) to its opposite vertex (or apex)+.* If any of the shorter sides of an obtuse triangle is chosen to be the base, an extension need to be drawn to this base so that a perpendicular can be constructed from the apex down to this base extension.There are three sides to a triangle, hence three possible bases. Each base will have a corresponding height that is measured from the opposite vertex or apex+.A vertex is the point when 2 sides of a figure intersect.(Read more: vertex)+ A triangle has 3 vertices. 2 vertices defines the length of the base. There remains one vertex that is not touching the base. This vertex is opposite to the base (or base extension) and it is referred to as the apex.
What are the name of angles which are opposite to vertex angle in an isosceles triangle?
They're the 'base angles'.
What is the perpendicular distance from the base of a triangle to the opposite vertex?
That is the height of the triangle, the h in the formula a = 0.5b x h
What is the side opposite the vertex angle of an isoscles?
If you mean the vertex where the two equal sides of an isosceles triangle intersect, the side is the base.
What is the top of a triangle called?
Technically, triangles don't have tops or bottoms; triangles are rotatable abstractions. Each of the three lines is called a side and each of the three corners is called a vertex. In more friendly real-world terms, if a triangle is oriented with a side at the "bottom", then the "top" is a vertex; in this case one might call the "bottom" the triangle's base and call the corner at the "top" the vertex opposite the base. If a triangle is oriented with a vertex at the "bottom", then the "top" could be a side or it could be another vertex depending upon the exact shape of the triangle.
Is the base of a pyramid opposite the vertex?
Vertex
Area for a triangle?
1/2 base x height where: base is one of the sides height is the perpendicular distance from the base side to the opposite vertex
How do you know which measurements are the base and the height of a triangle?
It does not matter. Any side can be the base. Then, the height is the perpendicular distance between that side and the opposite vertex.
What is a segment connecting the vertex and the midpoint of the opposite side of the triangle?
That would be the height when determing the area of the triangle. A= 1/2 base x height
Does a right angled triangle have apex?
If you make one side the base the opposite vertex is the apex, so there are three possible apices.
