Question

When an altitude is drawn to the hypotenuse of a right triangle, the lengths of the segments of the hypotenuse are 16 and 25. What is the length of the altitude?

41

50

25

20

Answer 1

@Calcmathlete

Answer 2

Solve this proportion:
\[\frac{16}{x} = \frac{x}{25}\]

Answer 3

400=x

Answer 4

oh, i get it

Answer 5

x=25. thanks again

Answer 6

Not quite.
x = 20
x^2 = 400
x = √400 = 20

Answer 7

whaaaaaat. but 16/25=.8 and 20/25=.8

Answer 8

oh, i just said the wrong thing. my bad.