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Sketch and describe the locus of the vertices of all triangles with a given base and a given altitude.

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Sketch and describe the locus of the vertices of all triangles with a given base and a given altitude. 

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Steps of construction:

 
Draw a line XY parallel to the base BC from the vertex A.


This line is the locus of vertex A. All the triangles which have the base BC and length of altitude equal to AD.

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Chapter 16: Loci (Locus and Its Constructions) - Exercise 16 (B) [Page 241]

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Selina Concise Mathematics [English] Class 10 ICSE
Chapter 16 Loci (Locus and Its Constructions)
Exercise 16 (B) | Q 16. | Page 241

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