Short Answers
What is the longest side of a right triangle called?
The hypotenuse
What is the square root of 64?
The square root is 8
Determine if the following side lengths make a right triangle: 1,2,3
These side lengths DO NOT form a right triangle.
Determine if the following side lengths make a right triangle; 16, 12, 20?
Yes right triangle.
The Pythagorean Theorem works only on what type of triangles?
Right Triangles
What is 33?
27
Do the following side lengths form a right triangle; 5, 3, 4
Yes the following sides do form a right triangle
Determine if the following side lengths make a right triangle; 16, 20, 24?
Not a right triangle.
What is the formula for the Pythagorean Theorem?
a2 + b2 = c2
What is the square root of 16?
4
Do the following side lengths create a right triangle; 3, 3, 6?
Determine if the following side lengths make a right triangle; 10, 15, 20?
Not a right triangle.
When the legs squared added together EQUAL the hypotenuse squared.
Which is greater; 62 or 25?
62 = 36
25 = 32 so 62 is bigger.
Do the following side lengths create a right triangle; 8, 10, 6?
The following side lengths do create a right triangle.
Determine if the following side lengths make a right triangle; 15, 20, 25.
Yes right triangle
Currently, what do we use the Pythagorean Theorem for?
To verify if three side lengths make a right triangle.
What is a square root?
Number that you multiply by itself to get the number under the radical.
Do the following side lengths create a right triangle; 12, 13, 5?
The side lengths do form a right triangle.
Determine if the following side lengths make a right triangle; 30, 40, 50?
Yes right triangle.