SOLUTION: Rectangle ABCD has adjacent sides of lengths 7 and 24. What is the shortest
distance between vertex A and diagonal BD?
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Question 254826: Rectangle ABCD has adjacent sides of lengths 7 and 24. What is the shortest
distance between vertex A and diagonal BD?
Answer by vksarvepalli(154) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
apply pythagoras theorem for the right angled triangles and you will get the answer. the calculations are a bit tedious
you will get the answer as 168/25
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