Special Right Triangles (8.1-8.3)

You are making a guitar pick that resembles an equilateral triangle with side lengths of 32 millimeters. What is the approximate height of the pick? (hint: use 30-60-90 theorems)

• 32√3
• 16√3
• 32
• 16√2

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CCSS.8.G.B.8

I have been given the short leg in this 30-60-90 triangle.  How do I find the length of the hypotenuse?

• Multiply 4 by 2
• Multiply 4 by √3
• Multiply 4 by √2
• Divide 4 by √3

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

I have been given the hypotenuse in this 30-60-90 triangle.  How do I find the short leg?

• Multiply 6 by 2
• Multiply 6 by √3
• Divide 6 by 2
• Divide 6 by √3

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

The Pythagorean Theorem ONLY works on which triangle? 

• obtuse
• scalene
• isosceles
• right

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CCSS.8.G.B.8

What is the opposite of squaring a number?

• divide
• multiply 
• fractions
• square root

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CCSS.6.EE.A.1

In this 45-45-90 triangle, I have been given a leg, so to find the other leg I...

• Multiply that leg by 2
• Use the same length for the second leg
• Multiply that leg by √2
• Divide that leg by √2

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CCSS.8.G.B.8

What is the length of y in this picture?

• 45
• 5√2
• 90
• 5

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.8

In this 45-45-90 triangle, I have been given the length of a leg.  How do I find the length of the hypotenuse?

• It is the same length as the given leg.
• Multiply that leg's length by √2.
• Multiply that leg's length by 2.
• Divide that leg's length by √2.

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CCSS.8.G.B.8

What is the length of x in this 45-45-90 triangle?

• 4√2
• 4
• 8
• 4√3

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CCSS.8.G.B.8

What is the length of y in this 45-45-90 triangle?

• 8√2
• 4√2
• 4
• 8

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CCSS.8.G.B.8