Given right triangle ABC with altitude BD drawn to hypotenuse AC

Given:

In right triangle ABC, BD is the altitude drawn to hypotenuse AC.

To find:

The length of BD.

Solution:

According to geometric mean theorem of triangles, if an altitude is drawn to the hypotenuse of a triangle, then the altitude is the geometric mean of the segments of the hypotenuse.

Using geometric mean theorem of triangles, we get

Taking square root on both sides, we get

Therefore, the length of BD is 30 units and the correct option is C.

here you hope this .

step-by-step explanation:

hypotenuse = √(15² + 8²)

=  √(225 +64)

=  √(289) = 17

sin(x) = cos(y) = 8/17

they are identical so long as you are doing the sine of one angle and the cosine of the only other angle that isn't the right angle.