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'altitude' or perpendicular.
If on line is the base (horizontal) line, then the line that is a 90 degrees to it is the perpendicular/altitude.
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Draw a triangle where the altitude is a side of the triangle?
Any right triangle resting on a leg.
What is the formula to find the altitude to the hypotenuse of a right triangle?
It is: c2-b2 = a2 whereas c is the hypotenuse, b is the base and a is the altitude
How you can draw a altitude with isosceles triangle?
The altitude line is perpendicular to the base and bisects the apex of the isosceles triangle.
If a median of a triangle is also an altitude of a triangle then is the triangle isosceles?
Yes
Will the altitude always lie in the interior of a triangle?
No.
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