Pythagorean Word Problems

What is the length of a diagonal of a rectangular picture whose sides are 12 inches by 17 inches? Round to the nearest tenth of an inch. DO NOT INCLUDE UNITS ON YOUR ANSWER.

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A pool table is 8 feet long and 4 feet wide. How far is it from one corner pocket to the diagonally opposite corner pocket? Round to the nearest tenth. DO NOT INCLUDE UNITS ON YOUR ANSWER.

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A 20-foot ladder leaning against a wall is used to reach a window that is 17 feet above the ground. How far from the wall is the bottom of the ladder? Round to the nearest tenth of a foot. DO NOT INCLUDE UNITS ON YOUR ANSWER.

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A ladder 17 feet long is leaning against a wall. The bottom of the ladder is 8 feet from the base of the wall. How far up the wall is the top of the ladder? Round to the nearest tenth if necessary. DO NOT INCLUDE UNITS ON YOUR ANSWER.

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A wire 30 feet long is stretched from the top of a flagpole to the ground at a point 15 feet from the base of the pole. How high is the flagpole? Round to the nearest tenth if necessary. DO NOT INCLUDE UNITS ON YOUR ANSWER.

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What is the PERIMETER of a right triangle if the hypotenuse is 15 centimeters and one of the legs is 9 centimeters? DO NOT INCLUDE UNITS ON YOUR ANSWER.

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Troy drove 8 miles due east and then 5 miles due north. How far is Troy from his starting point? Round the answer to the nearest tenth of a mile. DO NOT INCLUDE UNITS ON YOUR ANSWER.

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Ross has a rectangular garden in his back yard. He measures one side of the garden as 22 feet and the diagonal as 33 feet. What is the length of the other side of his garden? Round to the nearest tenth of a foot. DO NOT INCLUDE UNITS ON YOUR ANSWER.

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Tina measures the distances between three cities on a map. The distances between the three cities are 45 miles, 56 miles, and 72 miles. Do the positions of the three cities form a right triangle?

• Yes

• No

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