Find the Missing Side Using the Pythagorean Theorem Word Problems

Jaycee is flying a kite at the park using a string that is 42 meters long. She notices that the kite is directly above her friend Maddy. If Jaycee and Maddy are standing 36 meters apart, How high is the kite?

Find the closest length of the missing side.

• 9

• 640

• 6.40

• 3

Find the length of the missing side. 

• 48 in.

• 52 in.

• 16 in.

• 24 in.

What is the length of the hypotenuse?

• 33.5 cm

• 45 cm

• 6.7 cm

• 15 cm

Which equation is modeled by the picture shown?

• 3²+5²=4²

• 3²+4²=5²

• 5²+4²=3²

• 9²+16²=25²

A rectangular field is 50 yards wide and 100 yards long. Patrick walks diagonally across the field. How far does he walk?

• 111.8 yards

• 115 yards

• 127.3 yards

• 119 yards

Madison is on the top of an 80 foot building. She is creating a zipline course to the ground with 100 feet of cable. How far from the base of the building will she need to anchor the cable to make the zipline cable tight?

• 60 feet

• 20 feet

• 180 feet

• The top of the ladder is 8.9 ft from the ground
• The top of the ladder is 9.2 ft from the ground
• The top of the ladder is 16.5 ft from the ground
• The top o the ladder is 14.4 ft from the ground

The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 12 inches and one leg is 7 inches.  Find the length of the other leg.

• about 13.9 in

• about 28.7 inches

• about 9.7 inches

Find the length of the missing side. 

• 17 cm

• 22 cm

• 15 cm

• 13 cm