SOLUTION: Determine the length of the altitude of an equilateral triangle whose side lengths measure 5 units?

Question 936816: Determine the length of the altitude of an equilateral triangle whose side lengths measure 5 units?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The altitude cuts the equilateral triangle into two congruent 30-60-90 special triangles, and their hypotenuse is 5 units, and either short leg is 2.5 units. That's because the altitude cuts one of the sides into two equal parts, so .

Pythagorean Theorem to find the altitude.
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altitude is .
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