Thursday, April 3, 2014

Pythagorean Theorem


Triangle STU has an altitude of 6. ST = 8 and TU = 8.
What is the length of SU?




Solution:

We use Pythagoras' theorem then double it to get SU: 

 %0D%0A%0D%0ASU=2%2Asqrt%288%5E2-6%5E2%29=4%2Asqrt%287%29%0D%0A%0D%0A
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