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What is the length of the hypotenuse of the right triangle ABC in the figure?

What is the length of the hypotenuse of the right triangle ABC in the figure class=

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leahlillybird1
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  • 19-07-2016

Triangle ADC is also a right triangle, with D the right angle, and AC the hypotenuse. 

The triangles are similar (right triangles which share an angle (A), so... 

AD/AC = AC/AB 
5/6 = 6/AB 
AB = 6*6/5 = 36/5 = 7.2 

The answer to the first question is "C" 

CD can be found using the Pythagorean theorem... 

AD^2 + CD^2 = AC^2 
25 + CD^2 = 36 
CD^2 = 11 
CD = sqrt(11) = 3.3 
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