#4-3: Word problems and Distance using the Pythagorean Theorem

The slide at the playground has a height of 6 feet. The base of the slide measured on the ground is 8 feet. What is the length of the slide?

• 8 feet

• 5.29 feet

• 10 feet

• 14 feet

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You need a ladder that will reach up a 25 foot tall house when placed 10 feet away from the house. How tall does the ladder need to be?

• 25 feet
• 26 feet
• 27 feet
• 28 feet

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The size of a television screen is measured by the length of the diagonal of the screen.  What size is a television screen that is 3 feet tall and 6 feet wide?

• 18
• 6.7

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Find h

• 35.60
• 35.00
• 35.71
• 61.03

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Level 1

If a right triangle has side lengths 6, 7 and 3, which side is the hypotenuse?

• 6

• 7

• 3

• 49

• 9

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You need a ladder that will reach up a 25 foot tall house when placed 10 feet away from the house. How tall does the ladder need to be?

Which diagram best represents the problem?

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A soccer field is a rectangle 90 meters wide and 120 meters long. The coach asks players to run from one corner to the other corner diagonally across the field. How far do the players run?

• 105 meters

• 79.4 meters

• 210 meters

• 150 meters

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To get from one side of the pond to the other you must walk 34 meters south and 41 meters east.  To the nearest meter, how many less meters would it take if it were possible to go directly across the pond.  

• 53
• 22
• 75
• 9

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Find the distance between J and K.

• 8.2
• 7.7
• 9
• 10.2

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Which equation is modeled by the picture shown?

• 3²+5²=4²
• 3²+4²=5²
• 5²+4²=3²
• 9²+16²=25²

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