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frez [133]
3 years ago
9

The altitude drawn to the hypotenuse of a right triangle divides the hypotenuse into segments of lengths 4 and 12. Find the leng

th of the shorter leg of the right triangle.
Mathematics
1 answer:
Ostrovityanka [42]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

8 units.

Step-by-step explanation:

The smaller of the right triangles formed is similar to the whole triangle so

4/x = x/16   where  x = the shorter leg

x^2 = 64

x = 8.

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