Question

When an altitude is drawn to the hypotenuse of a right triangle, the lengths of the segments of the hypotenuse are 16 and 64. What is the length of the altitude?

8

4

32

16

Answer 1

draw it out

Answer 2

I did, I still don't get it.

Answer 3

http://www.mathwarehouse.com/geometry/similar/triangles/images/geometric_mean/picture-of-the-geometric-mean.png



$$
\cfrac{16}{\color{red}{h}}=\cfrac{\color{red}{h}}{64}
$$

Answer 4

then just solve for "h"

Answer 5

32?

Answer 6

yes

Answer 7

Thanks :)

Answer 8

yw