The altitude of the triangle is 4√3 which is the correct option (D)
What is the right triangle?
A right triangle is defined as a triangle in which one angle is a right angle or two sides are perpendicular.
In any equilateral triangle, the three angles are of equal measure and they equal 60 degrees.
When we drop a perpendicular that is the height of the triangle we have a 30 -60 90 triangle.
The hypotenuse = 8
Let, perpendicular = a and base = 4
According to Pythagoras theorem,
A right-angled triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
perpendicular²+base² = hypotenuse²
a² + (4)² = (8)²
a² + 16 = 64
a² = 64 - 16
a² = 48
a = √48
a = 4√3
Hence, the altitude of the triangle is 4√3
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