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The length of a side of an equilateral triangle is 10 inches. What is the length of an altitude of the triangle?

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The altitude of an equilateral triangle with side length
a is
(a√(3))/(2).


So, the length of the altitude is



10 \cdot (√(3))/(2)= 5√(3)

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