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When you use a formula to calculate the area of a triangle does it matter which base - height pair you use.?
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The side you use as the base does not matter. What does matter is that the height is the perpendicular distance between this side and the other vertex.
If there is a right angle in the triangle, then use the two sides next to it as the base and height.
Otherwise a bit of trigonometry will be required to work out the height of the triangle if it is not given.
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