Question 61445
A right triangle has legs of lengths 6 and 8. the altitude to the hypotenuse  has length BLANK.
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If I'm understanding you correctly, you are trying to find the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle.  We can use the pythagorean theorem to find that: {{{highlight(c^2=a^2+b^2)}}}, c=hypotenuse, a,b=legs
{{{c^2=6^2+8^2}}}
{{{c^2=36+64}}}
{{{c^2=100}}}
{{{sqrt(c^2)=sqrt(100)}}}
{{{highlight(c=10)}}}
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Happy Calculating!!!