Finding the Missing Leg in a Right Triangle

Molly wants to put a fence around an area. The fence will follow the diagram of the triangle shown below. You may need to use Pythagorean Theorem to solve for missing parts.

• 28 ft

• 38 ft

• 43 ft

• 49 ft

Find the missing side. (Calculators are allowed)

• 48

• 108

• 83.6

• 72

Find the missing side length

• 31.3 yd

• 27.4 yd

• 23.6 yd

• 24.2 yd

To which shape(s) does the Pythagorean theorem apply?

• All triangles

• Right triangles only

• Some right triangles and some isosceles triangles 

• Right triangles and circles.

Find the length of the missing side. 

• 20 in.

• 68 in.

• 16 in.

• 80 in.

_{^{Find the missing side}}

• 48

• 108

• 83.6

• 72

_{^{Find the missing side}}

• 29.2

• 20

• 400

• 10

To which shape(s) does the Pythagorean theorem apply?

• All triangles

• Right triangles only

• Right triangles and circles.

• a

• b

• c

you ADD a² and b² then take the square root to find c on a right triangle.

• true

• false