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A triangle has sides 5 cm, 12 cm and 13 cm. Find the length to one decimal place, of the perpendicular from the opposite vertex to the side whose length is 13 cm.

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Let, AB = 5cm, BC = 12 cm and AC = 13 cm. Then, AC2 =AB 2 +BC 2. This proves that
ΔABC is a right triangle, right angles at B. Let BD be the length of perpendicular from B on AC.

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