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The area of a triangle is 216 cm². One side of the triangle measures 24 cm. Find the distance of the corresponding vertex from the side.

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$A r e a o f t r i a n g l e = \frac{1}{2} \times b \times h 216 = \frac{1}{2} \times 24 \times h h = \frac{216 \times 2}{24} h = 18 T h e r e f o r e, t h e d i s \tan c e o f t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g v e r t e x f r o m t h e s i d e i s 18 c m$
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