Hypotenuse - RT
A triangle has a hypotenuse of 55 and an altitude to the hypotenuse of 33. What is the area of the triangle?
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Dr Math
Has no solution due to Thales theorem, that maximum height of a right triangle is half of the hypotenuse
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- geometry
- Thales' theorem
- arithmetic
- comparing
- planimetrics
- right triangle
- circle
- area of a shape
- triangle
- The right triangle altitude theorem
- basic functions
- maximum
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