Find a Missing Side of a Right Triangle

The Pythagorean Theorem ONLY works on which triangle? 

• obtuse

• scalene

• isosceles

• right

What is the name for side c?

• head

• body

• hippopotamus

• hypotenuse

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• 9

• 41

• 6.4

• 6.2

Find the length of the missing side. 

• 48 in.

• 52 in.

• 16 in.

• 24 in.

Using the Pythagorean theorem, find the missing side length in a right triangle if the lengths of the two legs are 9 units and 12 units.

• 15 units

• 21 units

• 18 units

• 24 units

Using the Pythagorean theorem, find the missing side length in a right triangle if one leg measures 7 units and the hypotenuse measures 25 units.

• 24 units

• 18 units

In a right triangle, if a = 8 and c = 17, what is the correct setup to find the value of b?

Caroline measured the distance between three cities on a map that happened to form a right triangle. From Shoreview she traveled north 45 miles to Bloomington then she traveled diagonally 75 miles to Richfield. How far is Richfield to Shoreview? Round to the nearest tenth if necessary.

• 60 miles

• 30 miles

• 120 miles

• 87.5 miles

The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 18cm. One of the legs is 11cm. Find the length of the other leg.

• 12.4 cm

• 21.1 cm

• 14.2 cm

• Not enough information

• 4 units

• 8 units