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Vocabulary
Solving for Legs
Solving for Hypotenuse
Pieces of the Formula
Distance Formula & Pythagorean Theorem
100

The sides of the triangle next to the right angle.

What are legs?

100

When one leg=3 and the hypotenuse=5 then the other leg=?

What is 4?

100

When one leg=3 and the other leg=4 then the hypotenuse=?

What is 5?

100

Letters "a" and "b" are used to represent which part of a right triangle?

What is a leg?

100

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?

200

The side of the triangle across from the right angle.

What is the hypotenuse?

200
When one leg=6 and the hypotenuse=10 then the other leg=?
What is 8?
200

When one leg=3 and the other leg=5 then the hypotenuse=?

What is 5.8?

200
The letter in the formula that stands for the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle
What is "c?"
200

How far is the ship (-2, 1) from the lighthouse (2,4)?  Each unit on the grid equals 1 kilometer.

What is 5 km?

300

The formula for the Pythagorean Theorem.

What is a2+b2=c2?

300
When one leg=5 and the hypotenuse=13 then the other leg=?
What is 12?
300

When one leg=6 and the other leg=7 then the hypotenuse=?

What is 9.2?

300

A number multiplied by itself.

What is squaring a number?

300

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?

400

The Distance Formula.

What is d=rt (x2-x1)2+(y2-y1)2?

400
When one leg=7 and the hypotenuse=25 then the other leg=?
What is 24?
400

When one leg=10 and the other leg=9 then the hypotenuse=?

What is 13.5?

400

The side that always has the longest length in a right triangle

What is the hypotenuse?

400
Construction workers are building a ramp. The ramp is 9 feet high and 12 feet long. This is the length of the slanted part of the ramp.
What is 15 feet?
500

The only type of triangle that works with the Pythagorean Theorem.

What is a Right Triangle?

500

When one leg=21 and the hypotenuse=35 then the other leg=?

What is 28?

500

When one leg=15 and the other leg=22 then the hypotenuse=?

What is 26.6?

500
The operation we used to "get rid" of something squared.
What is taking the square root?
500

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