Question

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the altitude to the hypotenuse of a right triangle divides the hypotenuse into segment that are 2cm long and 5cm long. find the length of the altitude to the nearest tenth of a percent

Answer 1

diagram

Answer 2

this is a word problem that's just a translation of what you've already done

Answer 3

2/x = x/5

2*5 = x*x

keep going to solve for x

Answer 4

need the answer compleate

Answer 5

try it out

Answer 6

sorry i cant do it i suck at this

Answer 7

give it a shot

Answer 8

its ok if you don't get it, that's what practice is for

Answer 9

i cnt sorry please just help me

Answer 10

2*5 = ____ fill in the blank

Answer 11

x\

Answer 12

2 times 5 = _____

Answer 13

2*5 means 2 times 5

Answer 14

10

Answer 15

x times x = ______

Answer 16

2x

Answer 17

that's x+x

Answer 18

x times x is x^2

Answer 19

yeah

Answer 20

this means

2*5 = x*x

turns into

10 = x^2

x^2 = 10

so x = _____

Answer 21

it's not 5

Answer 22

100

Answer 23

it's not 100

Answer 24

undo the square by taking the square root of both sides

Answer 25

3.16

Answer 26

round that to the nearest tenth

Answer 27

3 or 3.1

Answer 28

what number is in the tenths place

Answer 29

idk 3

Answer 30

no, that's in the units place

Answer 31

mmm i give up i have noo idea

Answer 32

hint: hundreds tens units . tenths hundredths

Answer 33

??? im lost sorry :'(

Answer 34

here's an example

http://cstl.syr.edu/fipse/decunit/intrdec/introgif/Fig1.gif

Answer 35

they are using the number 127.5369

Answer 36

oki got it can you help me #43

Answer 37

is it 3.16227

Answer 38

no it's 3.2

Answer 39

wow my friend dum

Answer 40

can you help me on #43 @jim_thompson5910

Answer 41

check out this link

http://www.math.nmsu.edu/~breakingaway/Lessons/PTUST/PTUST.html