SOLUTION: Find the length of the altitude to the hypotenuse of a right triangle whose sides have lengths 7, 24, and 25

SOLUTION: Find the length of the altitude to the hypotenuse of a right triangle whose sides have lengths 7, 24, and 25

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Question 432942: Find the length of the altitude to the hypotenuse of a right triangle whose sides have lengths 7, 24, and 25
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
By similarity of triangles,
==> ==> , or a = 6.72.
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