SOLUTION: how do you find the length of the altitude of a triangle when given the hypotenuse. Used for 30-6-90 degree triangle. and radical form. thanks

SOLUTION: how do you find the length of the altitude of a triangle when given the hypotenuse. Used for 30-6-90 degree triangle. and radical form. thanks

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Question 387693: how do you find the length of the altitude of a triangle when given the hypotenuse. Used for 30-6-90 degree triangle. and radical form. thanks
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
All 30, 60, 90 triangles are similar in this ratio: base=1, altitude=sqrt(3), hypotenuse=2.
Example: base=5 then altitude=5sqrt(3) and hypotenuse=5*2=10
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Ed
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