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OpenStudy (anonymous):

In △JKL, KM is an altitude.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is the length, in units, of JK? 6 4

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Here are the last 2 choices.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Is the correct answer the 3rd one?

OpenStudy (phi):

you do these problems by finding similar triangles and setting up a ratio between corresponding sides.

OpenStudy (phi):

all 3 triangles, the 2 little ones, and the big outer one are similar to each other.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

4th not 3rd

OpenStudy (phi):

all 3 triangles have 3 sides. we can label the sides: hypotenuse, long leg and short leg for example, in triangle JKM, side JK is the hypotenuse, side JM is the "long side" and side KM is the short side.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Oh ok

OpenStudy (anonymous):

im guessing your in Geometry?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yes unfortunately

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thank you everyone for the help

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