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Find the hypotenuse
Find the leg
Which is the hypotenuse?
Using Diagrams
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100
The legs of a right triangle are 3 and 4
What is 5
100
A triangle with one side 3 and a hypotenuse of 5.
What is 4
100
A triangle with sides of 3, 4, and 5
What is 5
100
See figure 1 The distance of the camera to the safe
What is 18.44
100
See figure 6 A telephone pole broke. The height of the piece that didn't break off is 60ft and the tip of the broken piece landed 73 feet away. The height of the original pole before it broke was...
What is 154.49
200
The legs are 6 and 8
What is 10
200
Triangle with leg 8 and hypotenuse 10
What is 6
200
Triangle with sides 9 12 and 15
What is 15
200
See figure 2 The length of the diagonal
What is 9.85
200
See figure 7 A telephone pole broke. The height of the piece that didn't break off is 60 feet and the tip of the broken piece landed 84 feet away. The height of the original pole before it broke was...
What is 163.23
300
A triangle with sides 5 and 12
What is 13
300
Triangle with leg 9 and hypotenuse 15
What is 12
300
Triangle with sides 28 100 96
What is 100
300
See figure 3 Find the height of the rectangle
What is 9
300
See figure 8 Stephon drove east from Matagorda to Freeport along a straight route of 50 miles. He then took San Louis Pass bridge east into Galveston another 50 miles. He made a 90 turn and headed north to Houston traveling another 55 miles. Based on the map below, if he had taken the diagonal route directly into Houston from Freeport, how many miles would he have saved?
What is 30.67 miles
400
A right triangle has legs that are 9in and 12in
What is 15 in
400
Triangle with hypotenuse 20 and leg 16
What is 12
400
Triangle with sides 100, 28, and 96
What is 100
400
See figure 4 Find the height of the equilateral triangle
What is 6.93
400
See figure 9 Brandon drove east from Matagorda to Freeport along a straight route of 10 miles. He then took San Louis Pass bridge east into Galveston another 20 miles. He made a 90 turn and headed north to Houston traveling another 70 miles. Based on the map below, if he had taken the diagonal route directly into Houston from Freeport, how many miles would he have saved?
What is 17.2 miles
500
A right triangle has one leg that is 14 cm long, and one that is 8 cm long.
What is 16.12 cm
500
A right triangle, ∆ABC, has a hypotenuse that is 12 cm long. One of the legs is 8 cm long.
What is 8.94 cm
500
Triangle with sides 156, 60, and 144
What is 156
500
See figure 5 The length of the altitude for an equilateral triangle with sides 12 in long
What is 10.39
500
See figure 10 Jamil drove east from Matagorda to Freeport along a straight route of 40 miles. He then took San Louis Pass bridge east into Galveston another 30 miles. He made a 90 turn and headed north to Houston traveling another 60 miles. Based on the map below, if he had taken the diagonal route directly into Houston from Freeport, how many miles would he have saved?
What is 22.92 miles