Find Distance Between Two Points With Pythagorean Theorem

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

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CCSS.8.G.B.8

Find the length of the missing side. 

• 25 cm

• 42 cm

• 52 cm

• 48 cm

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CCSS.8.G.B.7

What is the formula for finding the hypotenuse?

• a²⁺b²=c²

• a+b=c

• a-b=c

• c-a=c

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CCSS.8.G.B.8

The distance formula comes from the following equation:

• Midpoint Formula

• Circumference

• Slope Equation

• Pythagorean Theorem

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CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.7

Find the distance between the pair of points A(-2, 4) and N(3, -3).

• 5

• 8.60

• 7

• 9.22

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CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.7

The Pythagorean Theorem can be used for:

• Acute Triangles

• Right Triangles

• Obtuse Triangles

• Any Triangle

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CCSS.8.G.B.8

The distance between two points is always positive:

• True

• False

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CCSS.4.MD.A.1

Find the distance between the pair of points R(-4, 1) and F(0, -2).

• 5

• 8.60

• 7

• 9.22

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CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.7

Find the distance.

• 9.7

• 10.7

• 11.7

• 12.7

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CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.7

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

• 26

• 6.8

• 10

• 7.2 km

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CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.7