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* 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.
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The area of a triangle is 45cm2 the base of the triangle is 6cm what is the height of the triangle?
Area of a triangle = 1/2 x base x altitude(height)On putting given values, we get45cm2 = 1/2 x 6cm x height(altitude)cm45 = 3 x altitudealtitude = 15 cmAnswer to the question is 15cm.
What is the height of a triangle with a base of 15ft and area of 60ft squares?
Its height is: 8 feet
If the side of equilateral triangle is a then what is its height?
root3a divided by 2
What is the height of the triangle if the area is 35m2?
Easy! It's 5.
If the area of a triangle is 576 and its height is 12cm what is the base?
this is 5cm (:
