The altitude of the right triangle is the geometric mean of the 2 parts of the side it separates.
a. The answer would be sqrt(18*32)=24
The question to the second question can be answered by using the Pythagorean theorem.
32^2+24^2=1600=40^2
b. The answer would be sqrt40^2=40
3x - 4y = 35
3x + 4y = 5
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6x = 40
x = 40/6 which reduces to 20/3
3x - 4y = 35
3(20/3) - 4y = 35
20 - 4y = 35
-4y = 35 - 20
-4y = 15
y = -15/4
solution is (20/3, -15/4)
Answer:
y = -14 in simplest form hope this helped
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