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A right triangle is drawn on a coordinate plane with a line drawn from the right angle that is perpendicular to the hypotenuse. The hypotenuse consists of a short line segment measuring 2 units and a long line segment measuring 30 units. Using the geometric mean, what is the distance of the short leg of the original triangle?(1 point)
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5.3 units
5.3 units

60 units
60 units

8 units
8 units

28 units

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Use the altitude-to-hypotenuse property: a leg = sqrt(adjacent hypotenuse segment × whole hypotenuse). Whole hypotenuse = 2 + 30 = 32. Short leg = sqrt(2 × 32) = sqrt(64) = 8 units.