Definition: Altitude of a Triangleedit[id:923]The altitude of a triangle is the perpendicular segment from the triangle’s base to the base’s opposing vertex1. 1 Examples: In the following two triangles, the segment \(\overline{AD}\) is perpendicular to the line \(\overline{BC}\) and denotes the altitude.
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