Find the height relative to the hypotenuse
Geometry
Level
2
[CD] is the height relative to the hypotenuse. AD=2cm and DB=8 cm
What´s the lenght of CD?
The answer is 4.
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1 solution
CD is an altitude on the hypotenuse. By Geometric Mean, CD = √2*8 = √16 = 4.