Evil Geometry Problem

A geometry textbook has the following problem: “A right triangle has a hypotenuse equal to 10 and an altitude to the hypotenuse equal to 6. What is the area of the triangle?“ Can you figure out the correct answer? Blog post (text/image explanation): Special thanks to the following patrons! Kyle Alberto Nishikawa Brian M. Mooney This is the only channel to feature math topics suggested by people around the world. Support the channel on Patreon so we can share the beauty of mathemati