SOLUTION: christopher has a triangle for which he is asked to find the area. he decides to find the area by constructing the altitude TX, then determining the areas of each of the rightr tri

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Question 171689: christopher has a triangle for which he is asked to find the area. he decides to find the area by constructing the altitude TX, then determining the areas of each of the rightr triangles that are formed
Answer by Earlsdon(6294)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It seems like Christopher knows what he is doing, but without more information and/or a picture of the situation, it's very difficult to say!
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