Posted by Jorge on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 6:14pm.
let that altitude be x
Can you see how that altitude splits your right-angled triangle into two smaller right-angled triangles which are similar?
so you can set up the ratio
12/x= x/3
x^2= 36
x = 6
The measure of the altitude drawn from the vertex of the right angle of a right triangle to its hypotenuse is the geometric mean between the measures of the two segments of the hypotenuse.
Triangle ABC, where A is the vertex, CB is the hypotenuse, and AD is the altitude.
AD = altitude, CD = 3, DB = 12
AD/DB = CD/AD
AD/12 = 3/AD
(AD)^2 = 36
AD = (sqrt(3 * 12))
AD = (sqrt(36))
AD = 6
Thanku sooo much!
Thanku sooo much!
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