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In a right triangle,the altitude q from the right angle to the hipotenuse divides..........

In a right triangle,the altitude q from the right angle to the hipotenuse divides-example-1

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Then we have the next equivalence


(4)/(q)=(q)/(16)

then we need to isolate the q


\begin{gathered} q^2=4\cdot16 \\ q^2=64 \\ q=\sqrt[]{64} \\ q=8 \end{gathered}

In a right triangle,the altitude q from the right angle to the hipotenuse divides-example-1
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