SOLUTION: The length of the altitude to the hypotenuse of a right triangle is the geometric mean of the lengths of the segments of the hypotenuse.
Use the theorem to find RV if
SV = 6 and
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Question 1193677: The length of the altitude to the hypotenuse of a right triangle is the geometric mean of the lengths of the segments of the hypotenuse.
Use the theorem to find RV if
SV = 6 and VT = 16.
RV =
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Very bad presentation of the problem....
For the problem to make any sense, we have to ASSUME that RV is the altitude to hypotenuse ST.
If that is the case, then finding the answer is a matter of one simple calculation that you can do.
But we should not need to assume anything; the description of the problem should be clear.
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The geometric mean of 6 and 16 is
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