A triangle has sides 5cm, 12cm, 13cm. The length of the perpendicular from the opposite vertex to the side whose length is 13cm is?
2 Answers
Below.
Explanation:
It is clear that the triangle is a right angled triangle.
Let AB=12 cm BC=5 cm and AC=13 cm
Now a perpendicular is drawn from A to AC.
Putting the respective values of the sides we get,
You can also apply the heron's formula to get the answer to the question.
Explanation:
The given side of triangle are
The semi-perimeter
Now, using Heron's formula, the area
If