AN ALTITUDE - An altitude of a triangle is a line segment that passes through a vertex and is perpendicular to (i.e. forms a right angle with) the base line (the side opposite the vertex). The expanded base of the altitude is the line that contains the opposing side. The foot of the altitude is the point where the extended base meets the altitude. The area of a triangle can be calculated using altitudes: one half of the product of an altitude's length and its base's length equals the triangle's area. As a result, the longest altitude is perpendicular to the triangle's shortest side. Through trigonometric functions, the heights are also connected to the triangle's sides.

Hence , the answer is an altitude .

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3 years ago

If JM = 5x – 8 and LM = 2x – 6, which expression represents JL? A line with the following points labeled left to right: J, K, L,

77julia77 [94]

Don’t know the answer I jus need to answer so I can ask another question

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3 years ago

a positive number is 7 times another number if 3 is added to both the numbers then one of the new number becomes 5 by 2 times th

Neko [114]

Answer:

7 and 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the numbers be a and b.

A positive number is 7 times another number:

a = 7b

If 3 is added to both the numbers then one of the new number becomes 5 by 2 times the other new number:

a+3 = 5/2 × (b +3)

To solve this we substitute a with 7b in the second equation:

7b + 3 = 5/2 × (b +3) ⇒ multiplying both sides by 2
14b + 6 = 5b + 15 ⇒ collecting like terms
14b - 5b = 15 - 6
9b = 9
b = 1 ⇒ solved for b

Then, finding a:

a= 7b
a=7*1
a= 7 ⇒ solved for a

So the numbers are 7 and 1

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3 years ago