How do you calculate the altitude of a triangle?

Answer:
Let the given area is 10cm.
Base of the triangle is 4 cm.
altitude of triangle=?

Area= 1/2 x Base x altitude
10= 1/2 x 4x altitude
10=2 x altitude
10/2= altitude
5= altitude
Hence, altitude of the triangle is 5 cm.
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