SOLUTION: How do you find all three altitudes of a triangle?

SOLUTION: How do you find all three altitudes of a triangle?

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Question 559696: How do you find all three altitudes of a triangle?
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you are given all the side lengths, you can use Heron's formula to find the area of the triangle, then calculate the altitudes using A = bh/2. If you are given some sides and angles, you might have to use other techniques, perhaps trig.
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