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Given right triangle A, B, CABC with altitude start overline, B, D, end overline
BD
drawn to hypotenuse start overline, A, C, end overline
AC
. If B, D, equals, 4BD=4 and D, C, equals, 8, commaDC=8, what is the length of start overline, A, D, end overline, question mark
AD
?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
In a right triangle the altitude to the hypotenuse satisfies BD^2 = AD·DC. So

AD = BD^2 / DC = 4^2 / 8 = 16 / 8 = 2.

Thus AD = 2.