Question

What is the measure of n?

20
m
5
N = ?
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Answer 1

Here, n is the altitude of the right triangle.

Apply the right triangle altitude theorem/geometric mean theorem to find n.

Which is:

hypotenuse /h = √(xy)

Where,

h = n =?

x = 5

y = 20

Substituting,

n = √(20*5)

n = √100

n = 10