Measurement: Triangle Base and Height
1. Identifying the base and height of a triangle.
What is a base?
Base means bottom.
Base means bottom.
What is height?
The height of any object is how much it measures from its top to its bottom.
The height of any object is how much it measures from its top to its bottom.
How do you identify the base of a triangle?
Any of the three sides of a triangle can be considered the base of the triangle.
Any of the three sides of a triangle can be considered the base of the triangle.
How do you identify the height of a triangle?
The height of a triangle is the perpendicular line dropped onto its base from the corner opposite the base.
The height of a triangle is the perpendicular line dropped onto its base from the corner opposite the base.
Notes:
- The height of a triangle corresponds to its base. If the base changes, so does the height.
- The height of a triangle is the shortest line onto the base from its opposite corner.
- The height of a triangle may be outside the triangle.
2. Following are some triangles with their base and corresponding height indicated on them.
