Vocabulary
What do we call the sides of the triangle next to the right angle?
Legs
What is the distance between (4, 6) and (5, -3)?
Round your answer to the nearest tenth if necessary.
9.1
The shape we can use to help prove or understand the Pythagorean theorem
What is square?
What do we call 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=?
5.83
What is the distance between (7, -8) and (-6, -3)?Round your answer to the nearest tenth if necessary.
13.9
The bottom of a ladder must be placed 3 feet from a wall. The ladder is 10 feet long. How far above the ground does the ladder touch the wall?
9.54 feet
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=?
9.22
Find the distance between the 2 points on picture of #1.
Round your answer to the nearest tenth if necessary.
12.7
A soccer field is a rectangle 100 meters wide and 130 meters long. The coach asks players to run from one corner to the other corner diagonally across. What is that distance?
164.01 meters
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=?
13.45
Find the distance between the 2 points on picture of #2.
Round your answer to the nearest tenth if necessary.
3.2
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=?
26.63
Find the distance between the 2 points on picture of #3.
Round your answer to the nearest tenth if necessary.
10
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