Question

find the length of the hypotenuse
5 medals!?

Answer 1

the length of the hypotenuse is 17+9 =26

Answer 2

5 medals please

Answer 3

@abbie it asks for the length of the altitude, not the hypotenuse

Answer 4

oh lol missed that -.-

Answer 5

@abbie For the record the programming of the site only allows you to give at most one medal.

Answer 6

5 please.

Answer 7

I give medals for other questions you answer

Answer 8

im playing

Answer 9

they're similar triangles again, and if h is the length of the altitude, then it appears to be... \[\Large \frac{ 17 }{ h } = \frac{ h }{ 9 }\]

Answer 10

do i....cross multiply?

Answer 11

yes

Answer 12

would that be h^2=153?

Answer 13

Yes.

Answer 14

Yes, take square root of both sides.

Then simplify the square root.

Answer 15

h=3.52?

Answer 16

You need to keep it EXACT

153 = 9*17

so \[\large \sqrt { 9 * 17} = \sqrt 9 *\sqrt {17}\]