Finding Missing Side Lengths Using Pythagorean Theorem

Find the length of the missing side. Leave your answer in square root form

• 3 yd

Find the length of the missing side. Round to the nearest tenth.

• 18 in

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• 29.2

• 20

• 400

• 10

Find the length of the missing side. 

• 17 cm

• 22 cm

• 15 cm

• 13 cm

The bottom of a 13-foot straight ladder is set into the ground 5 feet away from a wall. When the top of the ladder is leaned against the wall, what is the distance above the ground it will reach? 

• 12 feet

• 13.5 feet

• 13 feet

• 11.6 feet

A 10-foot ladder is leaning against the wall.  The bottom of the ladder is 4 feet from the base of the wall.  Which of the following is closest to the distance from the top of the ladder to the base of the wall?

• 9ft

• 11ft

• 6ft

• 14ft

If a triangle has a hypotenuse with a length of 12 cm and a leg with a length of 10 cm, how long is the other leg rounded to the nearest tenth?

• 22.2 cm

• 6.6 cm

• 2.4 cm

• The diagonal is 26 ft

• The diagonal is 31 ft

• The diagonal is 21.8 ft

• The diagonal is 20.9 ft

• 20 cm
• 400 cm
• 10 cm
• 29.2 cm

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• 9

• 41

• 6.4

• 3