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Calculating the length of the altitude of a right triangle

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  1. OPPOSITE: 500
  2. ADJACENT: 250
  3. HYPOTENUSE: 559.016994374947424102293417182688
  4.  
  5. ALTITUDE: 223.606797749978969640917366873155
  6. =====================
  7. How to calculate the HYPOTENUSE:
  8.  
  9. HYPOTENUSE = SQRT(OPPOSITE^2 + ADJACENT^2)
  10. =======================
  11. How to calculate the ALTITUDE:
  12.  
  13. The altitude of a right triangle disects the right triangle into two right triangles
  14. that anomalously have the same ratios as the right triangle it disects.
  15.  
  16. Therefore, knowing the length of the OPPOSITE and the ADJACENT (which are the hypotonii
  17. of the two triangles produced by disecting the right triangle by the ALTITUDE) is enough
  18. to calculate the length of the ALTITUDE.
  19.  
  20. ADJACENT = HYPOTENUSE 1
  21. OPPOSITE = HYPOTENUSE 2
  22.  
  23. Given that the two RIGHT TRIANGLES produced by disecting the RIGHT TRIANGLE by the ALTITUDE
  24. share the ALTITUDE as either the OPPOSITE or the ADJACENT of the two RIGHT TRIANGLES produced
  25. by disecting the RIGHT TRIANGLE by the ALTITUDE. Therefor for one of those RIGHT TRIANGLES
  26. produced by disecting the RIGHT TRIANGLE with the ALTITUDE is the OPPOSITE, and for the other
  27. RIGHT TRIANGLE produced by disceting the RIGHT TRIANGLE with the ALTITUDE, the ALTITUDE is
  28. the ADJACENT.
  29.  
  30.  
  31. OPPOSITE OF TRIANLGE A = ALTITUDE
  32. ADJACENT OF TRIANGLE B = ALTITUDE
  33.  
  34.  
  35. TRIANGLE A
  36. HYPOTENUSE = 250
  37. OPPOSITE = ALTITUDE
  38. ADJACENT = UNKNOWN
  39.  
  40. TRIANGLE B
  41. HYPOTENUSE = 500
  42. OPPOSITE = UNKNOWN
  43. ADJACENT = ALTITUDE
  44.  
  45. The ratio of the HYPOTENUSE of the RIGHT TRIANGLES produced by disecting the RIGHT TIRANGLE
  46. with the ALTITUDE are exactally the same as the HYPOTENUSE of the RIGH TRIANGLE that is disceted
  47. by the ALTITUDE.
  48.  
  49. IE:
  50. HYPOTENUSE / (TRIANGLE A HYPOTENUSE (ADJACNET)) = RATIO A
  51. HYPOTENUSE / (TRIANGLE B HYPOTENUSE (OPPOSITE)) = RATIO B
  52.  
  53. OPPOSITE: 500
  54. ADJACENT: 250
  55. HYPOTENUSE: 559.016994374947424102293417182688
  56.  
  57. ALTITUDE: 223.606797749978969640917366873155
  58.  
  59. RATIO A = 559.016994374947424102293417182688 / 250
  60. RATIO B = 559.016994374947424102293417182688 / 500
  61.  
  62. RATIO A = 2.236067977499789696409173668731
  63. RAITO B = 1.118033988749894848204586834366
  64.  
  65.  
  66. To calculate the ALTITUDE, we use (HYPOTENUSE A / RATIO B) or (HYPOTENUSE B / RATIO A)
  67.  
  68. Which produces the:
  69. OPPOSITE of TRIANGLE A
  70. and the
  71. ADJACENT of TRIANGLE B
  72.  
  73.  
  74. To calculate the:
  75. ADJACENT of TRIANGLE A
  76. and the
  77. OPPOSITE of TRIANGLE B
  78.  
  79. We use:
  80. (HYPOTENUSE A / RATIO A)
  81. and
  82. (HYPOTENUSE B / RATIO B)
  83. =======================
  84. (500 / 559.016994374947424102293417182688) * 447.21359549995793928183473374611 = 400
  85. (250 / 559.016994374947424102293417182688) * 111.803398874989484820458683436578 = 50
  86. =================
  87. EQUATIONS:
  88. OPPOSITE = 500
  89. ADJACENT = 250
  90. HYPOTENUSE = SQRT(OPPOSITE^2 + ADJACENT^2)
  91.  
  92. ALTITUDE = ADJACENT / (HYPOTENUSE / OPPOSITE)
  93. ALTITUDE = OPPOSITE / (HYPOTENUSE / ADJACENT)
  94.  
  95. OTHER A = ADJACNET / (HYPOTENUSE / ADJACENT)
  96. OTHER B = OPPOSITE / (HYPOTENUSE / OPPOSITE)
  97.  
  98. JACNET OPPOSITE = OPPOSITE / HYPOTENUSE * OTHER A
  99. OPPOSITE JACENT = ADJACNET / HYPOTENUSE * OTHER B
  100.  
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