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The altitude is the same as the height (h), which is parallel to the base (b).

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Is an altitude always sometimes or never an angle bisector?

sometimes, the altitude of isosceles triangles resting on their base and equilateral triangles are angle bisectors


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What is any perpendicular segment connecting a vertex to an opposite side?

In geometry, a perpendicular segment that connects a vertex to its opposite side is the altitude of a triangle. Triangles have three altitudes, according to this definition for altitude.


What is the formula for finding the surface area of a hexagon?

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In a right triangle when you draw an altitude to the hypotenuse are the triangles ever similar?

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Not necessarily. That only happens in isosceles and equilateral triangles.


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