SOLUTION: In a right triangle ABC, the hypotenuse is AB, with AC=5 and BC=12. Make a square ABLH from the hypotenuse. What is the length of CH?
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Question 916776: In a right triangle ABC, the hypotenuse is AB, with AC=5 and BC=12. Make a square ABLH from the hypotenuse. What is the length of CH?
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a triangle is a right triangle
the hypotenuse is ,
and
use Pythagorean theorem to find the hypotenuse
if you make a square ABLH from the hypotenuse, means a side of the square is same length as the hypotenuse; so, the length of
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