SOLUTION: ABC is an equilateral triangle in which BC=2cm. Find the perpendicular distance from A to BC.

SOLUTION: ABC is an equilateral triangle in which BC=2cm. Find the perpendicular distance from A to BC.

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Question 989149: ABC is an equilateral triangle in which BC=2cm. Find the perpendicular distance from A to BC.
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The perpendicular forms a right triangle with hypotenuse AB=2cm,
one leg is 1/2(BC)=1cm.
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Let c=AB=2cm, b=1/2(BC)=1cm, a=perpendicular distance from A to BC
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ANSWER: The perpendicular distance is .

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