Question

similarities in right triangles help

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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What exactly is your question?

Answer 3

We need this theorem to set up the problem:

Theorem: If an altitude is drawn to the hypotenuse of a right triangle, either leg of the triangle is the geometric mean between the length of the hypotenuse and the segment of the hypotenuse adjacent to that leg.

Answer 4

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