SOLUTION: Find the altitude of the triangle: length- 13 length- 13 width- 10

Question 86794: Find the altitude of the triangle:
length- 13
length- 13
width- 10
Answer by Flake(45) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
---Step#1: Draw the triangle and the height
you will notice you have equal-lateral triangle, something like the below

Where the slant sides are 13 and the base is 10
use
where "c" is your slant side
"b" is your height or altitude
"a" is the base.....remember "a" is 5 (half the 10)

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