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8th grade Pythagorean Theorem and Distance Formula

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Explain what the Pythagorean Theorem means in words.

leg squared plus leg squared equals hypotenuse squared (or the sum of the squares of the legs is equal to the square of the hypotenuse)

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What is this side of a right triangle called?

hypotenuse

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What is this called?

the distance formula

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Find the length of the hypotenuse. Round your answer to the nearest tenth if necessary.

16.3 ft

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The side length of a square is 16 cm. What is the length of the diagonal? Round your answer to the nearest tenth if necessary.

22.6 cm

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What is the length of the missing leg? Round your answer to the nearest tenth if necessary.

13.5 m

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The side lengths of a triangle are 21 inches, 220 inches, and 221 inches. Do these lengths form a right triangle?

Yes.

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The side lengths of a triangle are 15, 18, and 23 inches. Do these lengths form a right triangle?

No

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The side lengths of a triangle are 2.4, 2.8, and 13.6. Do these lengths form a right triangle?

No

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The side lengths of a triangle are 4.8, 9, 10.2. Do these lengths form a right triangle?

Yes

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The legs of a right triangle are 11 units and 60 units. What is the length of the hypotenuse? Round to the nearest tenth if necessary.

61 units

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The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 111 cm and one of the legs is 36 cm. What is the length of the other leg? Round to the nearest tenth if necessary.

105 cm

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Find the length of the hypotenuse.

37.5 ft

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Find the missing length.

37.7

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Find the distance between (4, 9) and (-3, 17). Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

10.6 units

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Find the distance between (0, 0) and (28, 12). Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

30.5 units

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