SOLUTION: Prove that two right triangles are congruent if a leg and the altitude to hypotenuse of one of the triangles are respectively congruent to a leg and the altitude to the hypotenuse

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Question 1169889: Prove that two right triangles are congruent if a leg and the altitude to hypotenuse of one of the triangles are respectively congruent to a leg and the altitude to the hypotenuse of the other triangle.
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The two lines mid-page where I have h%5E2-a%5E2 should both be a%5E2-h%5E2. I accidentally put them in wrong order ('a' is hypotenuse of the little triangle BCM, not 'h').