What is the length of the altitude CD in the figure?
A. 3.3
B. 2.7
C. 2.2
D. 3.9

Answer:
[tex] x= 3.3[/tex].
Step-by-step explanation:
I am going to use Pitagoras theorem to solve it. Let's call x to the line CD. The, by Pitagoras we have that
[tex]5^2+x^2=6^2[/tex]
[tex]25+x^2=36[/tex]
[tex]x^2=36-25[/tex]
[tex]x^2=11[/tex]
[tex]x= \sqrt{11}[/tex]
[tex] x= 3.3[/tex].