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document.write( "Every triangle has 3 bases; each base determines an altitude.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The altitude is the length of the perpendicular line segment <BR>\n" );
document.write( "drawn from the vertex opposite the base to the base.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw a triangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Pick a side as a base.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the vertex opposite the base.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Draw a line segment from the vertex point perpendicular<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to the line of the base. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Note: The line of the base may have to be extended so<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the altitude will meet that line.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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