Pythagorean Theorem Solve

Best buy is advertising a desktop monitor as 20 inches (diagonal length of the screen). If the screen is 12 inches high, what is the width of the screen? Round to the nearest tenth if necessary.

• 16 inches

• 8 inches

• 14 inches

• 18 inches

• A

• B

• C

• D

Solve for the walkway length

• 30

• 40

• 58

• 35

What is the figure height?

• 20 ft

• 32 ft

• 30.40 ft

• 24.98 ft

Isabella has sticks that are 10cm, 11cm, and 13cm long.  Can she place the sticks together to form a right triangle?  Justify your answer.

• No, because 10+11 does not equal 13

• No, because 100+121 does not equal 169

• Yes, because there is a small side, medium side and long side

• Yes, because a triangle has 3 sides

All of the a square plus all of the b square will perfectly fill the c square with nothing left over.

• True

• False

_{^{Find the missing side}}

• 48

• 108

• 83.6

• 72

If the three sqaures come together to form a right triangle as indicated in the drawing, what is the area of x?

• 32 cm²

• 576 cm ²

• 674 cm ²

• 176 cm²

Find the length of the missing side. 

• 17 cm

• 22 cm

• 15 cm

• 13 cm

Casey travels from her house directly west to the bank and then directly north from the bank to the mall. She then travels home on the road connecting the mall and her house. What is her total distance traveled?

• 17 miles

• 32 miles

• 37 miles

• 40 miles