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Question from Theresa, a student: Find the area of a triangle by first finding the height. base30ft hypotenuse 50ft |
Theresa,
Since you call one of the sides of the triangle a hypotenuse I assume it is a right triangle. You can then use Pythagoras theorem to find the length of the third side, which is the height of the triangle.
Penny
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