Find the area of a triangle whose sides are 34 cm, 20 cm and 42 cm. Hence, find the length of the altitude corresponding to the shortest side.
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Find the area of a triangle whose sides are 34 cm, 20 cm and 42 cm. Hence, find the length of the altitude corresponding to the shortest side.

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Consider 34 cm, 20 cm and 42 cm as the sides of triangle. a = 34 cm, b = 20 cm and c = 42 cm We know that, Semi perimeter (s) = Substituting the values we get, s = = 48 cm. Area of triangle = Substituting values we get, Here the shortest side of the triangle is 20 cm. Let height = h cm be the corresponding altitude. We know that, Area of triangle = × base × height Substituting the values we get, ⇒ 336 = × 20 × h ⇒ h = ⇒ h = ⇒ h = 33.6 cm. Hence, area of triangle = 336 cm² and length of the altitude corresponding to the shortest side = 33.6 cm.

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Find the area of a triangle whose sides are 34 cm, 20 cm and 42 cm. Hence, find the length of the altitude corresponding to the shortest side.

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