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Question from cherry, a student:

Hiii
I have been given a scalene triangle of sides -
8m, 6m, and 10m ..
Please help me to find out the area and help me to find out the height ..

Cherry,

Draw an accurate diagram of a triangle with sides of length 8 cm, 6 cm and 10cm. What do you see? Can you prove that it's true?

Penny

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