Pythagorean Distance

Tara leaned a 12 foot ladder against the house.  The bottom of the ladder is 5 feet from the house.  How high up the side of the house is the top of the ladder? 

• 13

• 10.9

Caroline leaves her house and walks north 6 blocks. She turns and heads east 8 blocks until she reaches Mattie’s house. How much further did Caroline walk using this route instead of taking a straight path to Mattie's house?

• 4 blocks

• 10 blocks

• 14 blocks

• 100 blocks

What is the length to the nearest unit of line segment AD

( see the study guide)

• 10.3

• 9.5

• 106

Find the length of the missing side. 

• 17 cm

• 22 cm

• 15 cm

• 13 cm

What is the distance between A & B?

• 4.1

• 5.1

Find the length of the missing side. 

• 20 in.

• 68 in.

• 16 in.

• 80 in.

What is the shortest distance from the hospital to the gas station?

• -10

• 10

• 8

• 13

• G
• O
• E
• X

Find the distance between the 2 points. Round to the nearest hundredth.

• 3 units

• 2.23 units

• 2.24 units

• 2.2 units