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How do I keep my pointed bottom edges of the triangle sharp? I have a triangle with a stroke but after I expand the shape it looses it's pointed edges but only at the bottom, why is this? I haven't had this problem with any other shape besides a triangle.
Screen shot of before (left) and after expansion (right):
Your example doesn't look like it's been expanded though...
Here is a triangle (drawn using the Polygon Tool) with a white fill and a black stroke:
Note: There is one closed path.
Here is that same triangle expanded (Object > Expand):
Now there is a group with a white polygon and a compound path where the stroke had been...
And here is the first polygon with the bottom section separated from the main triangle:
Looks a lot like your example...
Here's what's going on (I think):
If I'm correct, and you have two paths, just select them both and press Ctrl+J to join them together:
