A triangle has legs 5 and 12. Find the distance of the altitude to the hypotenuse.
+36915 Seriously doubt that the distance to the 'hypothesis' is 14 .....longer than either of the legs...longer than the hypotenuse (13) ..... 
There are ONLY 4 hypotenuses possible:13, 14, 15 and 16
The altitudes to the hypotenuse are as follows respectively: 4.615, 4.176, 3.538 and 2.583
+1486 Nope, there's only one hypotenuse for this right triangle, and its length is 13.
Altitude L = (5 * 12 )/13 
Dragan: Why are you CERTAIN that it is a "right triangle"? The question doesn't say so. Isn't it possible to have triangles with: 14, 12, 5 or 15, 12, 5 or 16, 12, 5 side lengths?
+36915 When you speak of 'hypotenuse' and 'legs' you are describing a right triangle .....
