Pythagorean Applications

• 10 meters

• 14 meters

• 5.3 meters

• 2 meters

• 3 ft.

• 10.5 ft.

• 26.2 ft.

• 37 ft.

Peter is making an "X marks the spot" flag for a treasure hunt. The flag is a white square with sides of 12 centimeters. He will make the "X" by stretching red ribbon diagonally from corner to corner. How many centimeters of ribbon will Peter need to make the “X”? (Round to the nearest tenth as necessary.)

• 17.0 cm

• 33.9 cm

• 12 cm

• 24 cm

• 90 ft.

• 180 ft.

• 9.5 ft.

• 127.3 ft.

Look at the picture closely and answer the question.

• Area of 'a' and area of 'b' added together, will be equal to the area of the side where the hypotenuse is.

• All three areas will be equal to each other.

• Area of 'a' subtracted from area of 'b' will be the area of the side of the hypotenuse.

What is the length of AB?

• 26.07

• 28.12

• 32.36

• 18.75

Applying the Pythagorean theorem, find out the measurement of the hypotenuse.

• 11

• Cannot find out.

• 7.81

• 7.22

• 7.63

• 4.5

What is the length of the hypotenuse (gray part)?

• 6.4

• 6.8

• 7.2

• 7.3

What is the measurement of the length of the hypotenuse of this triangle?

• 15.62

• 14.82

• 15.12

• 15.38