Given the following triangle:
Write down the height of the triangle ABC.
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Given the following triangle:
Write down the height of the triangle ABC.
An altitude in a triangle is the segment that connects the vertex and the opposite side, in such a way that the segment forms a 90-degree angle with the side.
If we look at the image it is clear that the above theorem is true for the line AE. AE not only connects the A vertex with the opposite side. It also crosses BC forming a 90-degree angle. Undoubtedly making AE the altitude.
AE
Is the straight line in the figure the height of the triangle?
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