Tuesday, December 20, 2011

NEED MATH HELP- how to find alititude of a right triangle with given lengths?

Directions: Find the length of the altitude to the hypotenuse. The picture in my textbook shows a right triangle with the short leg equal to 10, the long leg equal to 16, and the hypotenuse equal to 2√89. Please tell me how to solve this problem in detail I am lost! Thanks!

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