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The base of a solid oblique pyramid is an equilateral triangle with an edge length of s units.

A solid oblique pyramid has an equilateral triangle base with an edge length of s units.

Which expression represents the height of the triangular base of the pyramid?

Five-halves StartRoot 2 EndRootunits
Five-halves StartRoot 3 EndRootunits
5 StartRoot 2 EndRootunits
5 StartRoot 3 EndRootunits

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The height (altitude) of an equilateral triangle with side length a is (√3/2)·a. With a = 5, the height is (5√3)/2 units.

So the correct choice is: Five-halves StartRoot 3 EndRoot units.