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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, 15BD=15 and D, C, equals, 25, commaDC=25, what is the length of start overline, A, D, end overline, question mark
AD
?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
AD = BD^2 / DC by the right-triangle altitude relation. So AD = 15^2 / 25 = 225 / 25 = 9.