Vocabulary
What are the sides of the triangle next to the right angle?
Legs
Letters "a" and "b" are used to represent which part of a right triangle?
leg
What is the shortest distance between the following two coordinates? (0,0) and (0,4)
4 units
does not form a right triangle due to having no slope :(
What is the side of the triangle across from the right angle? (*Side c)
Hypotenuse
When one leg=3 and the other leg=5 then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 34 or 5.8
What is the shortest distance between the following two coordinates: (2,3) and (5,7) Round answer to the nearest tenth.
5 units (3 squared+ 4 squared=25 which is a perfect square)
What is the formula for the Pythagorean Theorem?
What is a^2+b^2=c^2
When one leg=6 and the other leg=7 then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 85 or 9.2?
What do we call multiplying a number by itself?
squaring a number
What is the shortest distance between the following two coordinates: (-1,3) and (3,7) Round answer to the nearest tenth.
5.7 units (square root of 32)
What is the name of the guy who is given credit for discovering the theorem we have been learning about?
Pythagoras
When one leg=10 and the other leg=9 then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 181 or 13.5?
What is the shortest distance between the following two coordinates: (-2,3) and (5,-6) Round answer to the nearest tenth.
10.4 units (square root of 130=49+81)
What is the only type of triangle that works with the Pythagorean Theorem. (Or a triangle with an angle measuring 90 degrees)
Right Triangle
When one leg=21 and the hypotenuse=35 then the other leg=?
What is 28?
When one leg=15 and the other leg=22 then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 709 or 26.6?
What is the shortest distance between the following two coordinates: (-4.5,-3.5) and (5.5,-6.5) Round answer to the nearest tenth.
10.4 units (square root of 109=100+9)