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Question
Perpendicular dropped on the base of a parallelogram from the opposite vertex is known as the corresponding ______ of the base.
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Solution
Perpendicular dropped on the base of a parallelogram from the opposite vertex is known as the corresponding height/altitude of the base.
Explanation:
In a parallelogram, the altitude (also called the height) is the perpendicular distance between a side (called the base) and the opposite side (or the line containing the opposite side).
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It is drawn from a vertex to the line containing the opposite side.
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This perpendicular segment is the altitude corresponding to the base.
Example:
In a parallelogram ABCD:
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If AB is the base, then the perpendicular drawn from C to AB (or its extension) is the altitude corresponding to AB.
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