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?
legs
How can you test if it is a triangle?
The sum of the two shorter sides must be larger than the third side
What is the side of the triangle across from the right angle?
Hypotenuse
When one leg=3 and the other leg=5 then the hypotenuse=?
What is 5.8 when rounded
Do the sides 3, 4, 5 form a right triangle?
Yes because 25=25.
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 9.2 when rounded.
What do we call multiplying a number by itself?
squaring a number
Do the side lengths 7, 8, 10 form a right triangle?
No because 113 does not equal 100.
What is the only type of triangle that works with the Pythagorean Theorem.
Right Triangle
When one leg=10 and the other leg=9 then the hypotenuse=?
What is 13.5 when rounded
Do these three side lengths form a RIGHT triangle? 4, 5, 2
22 + 42= 52 simplifies to 20=25 so, no it's not a right triangle!
What is the name of the guy who is given credit for discovering the theorem we have been learning about?
Pythagoras
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 when rounded.
Do these 3 side lengths form right a triangle? 12, 13, 5
Yes because 25+144 does equal 169