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The altitude to the hypotenuse of a right triangle divides the hypotenuse into segments of lengths 5 and 15. What is the length of the altitude?

The altitude to the hypotenuse of a right triangle divides the hypotenuse into segments of lengths 5 and 15. What is the length of the altitude?
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The altitude to the hypotenuse of a right triangle divides the hypotenuse into segments of lengths 5 and 15. What is the length of the altitude?

User Igor Vasiliev
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The Altitude is SQRT ( 5x15) = SQRT(75) = 5SQRT(3)
This is the Geometric mean of the segments of the hypotenuse.

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