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OpenStudy (anonymous):

When an altitude is drawn to the hypotenuse of a right triangle, the lengths of the segments of the hypotenuse are 4 and 9. What is the length of the altitude?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

9 13 4 6

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Is it 9?

OpenStudy (wolf1728):

If the choices are correct then the height can only be one of those 4 I started with h=6 (which was correct) If h = 6 then b = 10.8166538264 If h = 6 then a = 7.2111025509 a² + b² equals 169 So height =6

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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