Pythagorean Applications

Find the missing side length. Type your answer as a number. Round to the nearest tenth if necessary.

• 10 meters

• 14 meters

• 5.3 meters

• 2 meters

• 3 ft.

• 10.5 ft.

• 26.2 ft.

• 37 ft.

• 90 ft.

• 180 ft.

• 9.5 ft.

• 127.3 ft.

• 7 km

• 2.6 km

• 1 km

• 5 km

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

Find the length of the missing side. (Calculators are allowed)

• 17 cm

• 22 cm

• 15 cm

• 13 cm

Find the missing side. (Calculators are allowed)

• 9

• 41

• 6.4

• 3

what is the formula for finding the hypotnuse?

• a² + b²=c²

• a+b=c

• a²-b²=c²

• c²-a²=b

Find the length of the missing side. (Calculators are allowed)

• 25 cm

• 42 cm

• 52 cm

• 48 cm