Vocabulary
The sides of the triangle next to the right angle.
What are legs?
When one leg=3 and the hypotenuse=5 then the other leg=?
What is 4?
When one leg=3 and the other leg=4 then the hypotenuse=?
What is 5?
Letters "a" and "b" are used to represent which part of a right triangle?
What is a leg?
Points A (–4, 7) and B (–1, 1) are plotted on a coordinate plane. Find the distance between points A and B. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
What is 6.7 units?
The side of the triangle across from the right angle.
What is the hypotenuse?
When one leg=3 and the other leg=5 then the hypotenuse=?
What is 5.8?
How far is the ship (-2, 1) from the lighthouse (2,4)? Each unit on the grid equals 1 kilometer.
What is 5 km?
The formula for the Pythagorean Theorem.
What is a2+b2=c2?
When one leg=6 and the other leg=7 then the hypotenuse=?
What is 9.2?
A number multiplied by itself.
What is squaring a number?
A wire is bent into the shape of a triangle with side lengths 8.4 cm, 18.7 cm, and 20.5 cm. Determine whether the triangle formed is a right triangle.
What is yes it does form a right triangle?
The Distance Formula.
What is d=rt (x2-x1)2+(y2-y1)2?
When one leg=10 and the other leg=9 then the hypotenuse=?
What is 13.5?
The side that always has the longest length in a right triangle
What is the hypotenuse?
The only type of triangle that works with the Pythagorean Theorem.
What is a 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 26.6?
Roofers need to know how long of a ladder they need. The roof is 16 feet high and the bottom of the ladder will be placed 12 feet from the building. What is the length of the ladder?
20 feet