Quiz about Pythagorean Theorem Basics and Finding Missing Side

Question 1

Find the length of the missing side.

Accepted Answer

48 in.

Answer

52 in.

Answer

16 in.

Answer

24 in.

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

$$8^2+b^2=17^2$$

Answer

$$17^2+8^2=b^2$$

Answer

$$17^2+b^2=8^2$$

Answer

$$\frac{8^2}{b^2}=\frac{17^2}{100}$$

Question 3

The diagonal of a rectangle is 25 in. The width is 15 in. What is the length?

Accepted Answer

23 in

Answer

525 in

Answer

27 in

Answer

10 in

Question 4

In a computer catalog, a computer monitor is listed as being 27 inches. This distance is the diagonal distance across the screen. If the screen measures 15 inches in height, what is the actual width of the screen to the nearest inch?

Accepted Answer

22 in

Answer

23 in

Answer

24 in

Answer

25 in

Question 5

Best buy is advertising a desktop monitor as 20 inches (diagonal length of the screen). If the screen is 12 inches high, what is the width of the screen? Round to the nearest tenth if necessary. (hint: we are looking for "a or b")

Accepted Answer

16 inches

Answer

8 inches

Answer

14 inches

Answer

18 inches

Question 6

Best buy is advertising a desktop monitor as 20 inches (diagonal length of the screen). If the screen is 12 inches high, what is the width of the screen? Round to the nearest tenth if necessary.

Accepted Answer

16 inches

Answer

8 inches

Answer

14 inches

Answer

18 inches

Question 7

Using the given figure, what would be the correct way to set up an equation to find x using the Pythagorean Theorem?

Accepted Answer

$$x^2=12^2+9^2$$

Answer

$$12^2=x^2+9^2$$

Answer

$$9^2=x^2+12^2$$

Question 8

The longest side of a right triangle is called the...

Accepted Answer

hypotenuse

Answer

leg A

Answer

leg B

Question 9

The longest side of a right triangle is DIRECTLY ACROSS from the...

Accepted Answer

right angle.

Answer

acute angle.

Answer

obtuse angle.

Question 10

In the given triangle, which side is the hypotenuse?

Accepted Answer

x

Answer

13

Answer

23

Question 11

35 is the longest side of the triangle and it is called the hypotenuse

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 12

you ADD a² and b² then take the square root to find c on a right triangle.

Accepted Answer

true

Answer

false

Question 13

In the given triangle, which side is the hypotenuse?

Accepted Answer

14

Answer

8

Answer

x

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