Pythagoras

A ladder must be placed 5 feet from the base of a wall and must reach a height of 11 feet. What length ladder is needed? Round your answer to nearest tenth.

• $\cong12.1$ ft

• $\cong12.083$ ft

• $\cong13.0$ ft

• $\cong12.0$ ft

Find the distance between G and H

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

Find the distance between E and G. Round to nearest tenth.

• 6.1

• 6.2

• 6.0

• 5.9

Find the distance between

 $\left(5,12\right)\ and\ \left(-5,-12\right)$  

• 25

• 26

• 27

• 25.5

Check all the Pythagorean Triples below:

• 3,4,6

• 5,12,13

• 7,24,25

• 8,14,16

Two sides of a right triangle are 9cm and 15cm. The third side is NOT the hypotenuse. How long is the third side?

• 17.5

• 12 cm

• 24

• the last side must be the third leg of the right triangle.

Find the length of the diagonal of the rectangle with width of 9 inches and length of 40 inches.

• 15 inches

• 36 inches

• 41 inches

• 49 inches

Find the length of the hypotenuse

Which side is the hypotenuse in this right triangle? Why?

• 5 because is the shortest side

• 13 because is the longest side

• 13 because is a prime number

• 12 because is horizontal line

• 12 because is between 5 and 13

Level 1

The Pythagorean Theorem is

a² + b² + c²

• false

• true

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