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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 5 units and a long line segment measuring 17 units. Using the geometric mean, what is the distance of the short leg of the original triangle?(1 point)
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9.2 units
9.2 units

12 units
12 units

4.7 units
4.7 units

22 units

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The altitude from the right angle to the hypotenuse equals the geometric mean of the two hypotenuse segments: h = sqrt(5·17) = sqrt(85) ≈ 9.22. So the distance is 9.2 units.