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What is the value of h in the figure below ? in this diagram BAD and CBD
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What is the value of h in the figure below ? in this diagram BAD and CBD

What is the value of h in the figure below ? in this diagram BAD and CBD-example-1
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the anwser is 8

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The answer is the option E: E. 8
The explanation is shown below:
1. You have that the triangles shown in the figure attached, are similar, therefore, you can calculate h as following:
(20-4)/h=h/4
16/h=h/h
2. Now, solve for h:
h²=64
h=√64
h=8
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