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Yogita Ingle 5 years, 4 months ago
Here ABC is an equilateral triangle with each side as 'a'.
therefore AD Is the altitude which bisects the base BC into 2 equal halves.
therefore in triangle ABD
AD^2+BD^2=AB^2 ( Pythagoras theorem)
=>AD=√a^2-a^2/4
=>AD=√3a/2.
therefore altitude of the triangle is √3a/2.
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