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the ____ of a triangle is the perpendicular segment from a vertex of a triangle to a line containing the opposite side

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The altitude of a triangle is the perpendicular drawn from the vertex of the triangle to the opposite side. Also, known as the height of the triangle, the altitude makes a right-angle triangle with the base.

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