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\n" ); document.write( "The area of a triangle is 48 $\"highlight%28cross%28cm%29%29\"$ cm^2. If the base of this triangle is 12cm, what is the length of altitude to this base?
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document.write( "For any triangle, its area is half the product of the length of any side (b, the base) and the height (h) of the triangle drawn to this side\r\n" );
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document.write( "In your case\r\n" );
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document.write( "    48 = ,    or\r\n" );
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document.write( "    48 = 6h,\r\n" );
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document.write( "which gives you\r\n" );
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document.write( "     h = 48/6 = 8 centimeters.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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