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Altitude on Hypotenuse

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February 11, 2009

geometryarea of a triangle

Problem Statement

Represent the hypotenuse of a right triangle by

c

and the area by

A

. The atltidue on the hypotenuse is:

<span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ \frac{A}{c} \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ \frac{2A}{c} \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ \frac{A}{2c} \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ \frac{A^2}{c} \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ \frac{A}{c^2}

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