Question

The sides of triangle are 51 cm, 45 cm and 24cm respectively. Find the length of the perpendicular on the smallest side from the opposite vertex

Answer 1

Answer:

The height is 45 cm

Step-by-step explanation:

first use herons formula and find the area of the traingle.Now draw a perpendicular on to the smaller side from the opposite vertex and let its length be h.Now area of triangle is

$\frac{1}{2} \times h \times 24$

so equating the areas we get h=45 cm