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The length of a side of an equilateral triangle is 40 centimeters.
What is the length of the altitude of the triangle?

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34.64 cm

Step-by-step explanation:

sin 60 = [tex]\frac{x}{40}[/tex]

sin 60 (40) = x

34.64 = x

equilateral triangles have 60° angles.

sin Ф = [tex]\frac{opposite}{hypotenuse}[/tex]

hypotenuse is 40. All sides are 40.

x = opposite or height of triangle.

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