Geometry | Unit 4 | Lesson 5: Working with Ratios in Right Triangles | Practice Problems

A triangle has sides with lengths 8, 15, and 17. Verify this is a Pythagorean triple.

Approximate the acute angles in this triangle.

Kiran is flying a kite. He gets tired, so he stakes the kite into the ground. The kite is on a string that is 18 feet long and makes a 30 degree angle with the ground. How high is the kite?

• 27 degrees

• 30 degrees

• 60 degrees

• 63 degrees

Estimate the values to complete the table.

angle	adjacent leg \(\div\) hypotenuse	opposite leg \(\div\) hypotenuse	opposite leg \(\div\) adjacent leg
A	0.31	0.95	3.1
C

What is the length of the square’s side?

• 3 units

• 12 units