Find Distance Using the Pythagorean Theorem

Find the distance between these two points. Approximate to the nearest tenth if necessary.

• 13

• 7.9

• 9.2

• 3.6

Find the direct distance between the court house and the town hall.

• 26

• 6.8

• 10

• 7.2 km

What is the length of the hypotenuse in the triangle shown?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 8

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

• 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

Find the value of "c"

• c = 8

• c = 10

• c = √52

• c = √20

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

_{^{Find the missing side}}

• 48

• 108

• 83.6

• 72