Triangle A B C is shown. Angle A B C is a right angle. An altitude is drawn from point B to point D on side A C to form a right angle. The length of A D is 5 and the length of B D is 12. What is the length of Line segment B C, rounded to the nearest tenth?

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Jwa85100 Jwa85100 · Answer 1 · 2020-12-04T18:54:41+01:00

Answer:

28.8 units

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to further explain the description of the right angled triangle ABC above, I have attached a hand drawn diagram for easier understanding.

The length of A D is 5 units

The length of B D is 12 units.

From the above triangle ABC, to solve for BC we have the following ratios.

BD : BC = AD : BD

Hence,

BD/ BC = AD/BD

= 12/BC = 5/12

Cross Multiply

12× 12 = BC × 5

BC = 12 × 12/ 5

BC = 144/5

BC = 28.8 units

Therefore, the length of Line segment B C, rounded to the nearest tenth is 28.8 units

or 31.2

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jainveenamrata jainveenamrata · Answer 2 · 2022-07-26T07:59:54+02:00

The measure of the length of line segment BC will be 31.2 units.

A triangle is a three-sided polygon with three angles. The angles of the triangle add up to 180 degrees.

If the two triangles are similar, the ratio of the corresponding sides will be constant.

The triangle ΔABC and ΔBDA are the similar triangle. Then the ratio of their corresponding sides will be constant.

Let x be the length of BC.

x / 12 = 13 / 5

x = 31.2

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