GEOMETRY: The altitude to the hypotenuse of a right triangle divides the hypotenuse into segments 6 in. and 10 in. long. Find the length being h of the altitude.

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anonymous · Answer

Are you  given any other information? It's nearly impossible to find anything given only that information.

amistre64 · Answer

i cant understand the problem as stated either ...

anonymous · Answer

that's it, it has to do with similarity of right triangles.

amistre64 · Answer

maybe i forgot what an altitude was...

anonymous · Answer

altitude is the height of the triangle

amistre64 · Answer

thats what i thought... how does the height of the triangle divide its hypotenuse?

anonymous · Answer

i don't know, we are learning about similarities in right triangles

anonymous · Answer

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