SOLUTION: The sides of a triangle are 14cm, 48cm and 50cm. The perpendicular distance from the longest side to the midpoint of the shortest side is, in cm

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Question 1127445: The sides of a triangle are 14cm, 48cm and 50cm. The perpendicular distance from the longest side to the midpoint of the shortest side is, in cm
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

use the area formula.

area of the triangle
Also, area,
is the answer or the perpendicular distance from midpoint of "side " to "side "
The line segment connecting the midpoint to the vertex divides the triangle to two equal halves.
Thus,


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