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Revision as of 13:11, 1 January 2024
Problem 38
In a right triangle with sides 
and 
, and hypotenuse 
, the altitude drawn on the hypotenuse is 
. Then:
Solution
The area of this triangle can be expressed in two ways; the first being 
(as this is a right triangle), and the second being 
. But by the Pythagorean Theorem, 
. Thus a second way of finding the area of the triangle is 
. By setting them equal to each other we get 
, and we can observe that the correct answer was 
.
~anduran
See Also
| 1956 AHSME (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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