Jeremiah uses bamboo rods to make the frame of a tailless kite. He ties three bamboo rods together to form a right triangle PQR. He then ties another rod from P that meets RQ at a right angle. Segment PS in the figure below represents this rod and it is 10 inches long.

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dominusscholae · Answer

the product of QS and SR, by a theorem, is the geometric mean of PS; i.e PS^2=OS*SR. So what answer makes that true?

anonymous · Answer

dude you were no help whatsoever