Pythagorean Real World

• 22 meters

• 34 meters

• 53 meters

• 75 meters

• 90.0 feet

• 127.3 feet

• 180.0 feet

• 180.7 feet

• 8.4 miles

• 9.4 miles

• 9.5 miles

• 13.1 miles

• 50 yards

• 60 yards

• 70 yards

• 80 yards

• 5.3 inches

• 6.5 inches

• 7.4 inches

• 7.6 inches

• Yes

• No

A fireman leans a ladder that is 13 feet long against a tree. The base of the ladder is 5 feet from the base of the tree. How far up the tree will the ladder reach? 

• 13.9 feet

• 12 feet

• 4.2 feet

• 18 feet

Televisions are measured by the length of their diagonal. The TV is advertised as being 36 inches and you measure the length to be 30 inches. What is the height of the TV?

• 46.9 inches

• 8.1 inches

• 19.9 inches

• 32.9 inches

On a baseball diamond (which is just a square turned on its corner), the distance from home plate to first base is 90 feet. How far would someone have to throw a baseball to make it from second base to home plate?

• 99.49 feet

• 90 feet

• 127.28 feet

• 13.42 feet

Find the distance between J and K.

• 8.2

• 7.7

• 9

• 10.2