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Given right triangle ABC with altitude BD drawn to hypotenuse AC. If BD=13 and DC=30, what is the length of AD?

User Liran H
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The length of AD would be = 27.

How to calculate the missing length of the given triangle?

To calculate the missing length of the given triangle, the following steps should be taken as follows:

Given that;

Line BC(b) = 13

Line DC(c) = 30

Using hypotheses formula;

c² = a²+b²

30² = a²+13²

a² = 30²-13²

= 900-169

= √731

a = 27.

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