University:
Missouri State University
Course:
MTH 460 | College Geometry
Academic year:

2019
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344

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2
Author:

Shyla Terry

HOW DOES JACK FROST GET AROUND? Do each exercise and find your answer at the bottom of the page (most answers are rounded). Cross out the letter above each correct answer. 1 For each right triangle, find the length of the side that is not given. a 6 in. 11 in. c=12.5 2 A 30-ft waterslide extends 18 ft out into the water. How high is the top of the slide? 30 ft 18 ft b 7 m 4 m C 17 cm 10 cm 104617 6189 10062896137 5 A 20-ft ladder is leaned against the side of a building so that the base of the ladder is 7 ft from the building. How high up the wall does the ladder 76020 reach?ню 324100 5A 25-ft rope is stretched from the top of a ship's mast to a cleat on the deck. If the cleat is 16 ft from the base of the mast, how tall is the mast? 4 In a rectangular coordinate system, what is the distance from (1,1) to (6,5)? 6351 6=18.7 24 As David paddled his canoe across a 90-yd-wide river, the current carried him 40 yd downstream. How far did he paddle? 90 yd 40yd 4040 1600M ranger station 185 6 5 4 3 2 1 1,2 From the ranger station, it is 1.5 km to the marina and 2.4 km to the beach. How long is Long Lake? 15:24 23532 1.5 km 4 160252 2.4 km 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 beach 2-6.4 Long Lakemarina BONYITRCAINSCOLDE BYICICLE PUNCHLINE Problem Solving 2nd Edition ©1996, 2001 Marcy Mathworks 134 Problem Solving Using the Rule of Pythagoras: Finding a Side of a Right Triangle PSSA Practice Pre-Algebra Name Date Key Pythagorean Theorem State an equation that can be used to find the answer to each question. Then solve. Round answers to the nearest tenth. 1. How long is the ramp? 151 2. How high is the TV screen? 9 ^ 2 + 5 ^ 2 = c ^ 2 c= 10.3f + 9月 12 ^ 2 = 10 ^ 2 + 6 ^ 2 b = 6.6in 3. How high is the kite? 125 m 100 m 125 ^ 2 = 1a * b ^ 2 + b ^ 2 b = 75m 4. How long are the suspension lines? parachute 5m suspension Hnes km 5 ^ 2 + 8 ^ 2 = c ^ 2 c = 9.4m 5. How far is the weather balloon from the weather station? balloon ta 6 ^ 2 + 8 ^ 2 = c ^ 2 c = 10km 6. At what height does the ladder touch the house? 1b ^ 2 = 4 ^ 2 + b ^ 2 b= 9.2f + 7. The members of the Outdoor Adventure club hiked 7 miles east, then canoed 3 miles south to their campfire. How far are hey from their starting point? c ^ 2 = 7 ^ 2 + 3 ^ 2 c = 7.6m 8. a = 14 c = 28 14 ^ 2 - b ^ 2 = 28 ^ 2 12-580 9. b = 9yd c = 16yd a ^ 2 + 9 ^ 2 = 1b ^ 2 x = 13.2yd 10. a = 15cm, c = 20cm 15 ^ 2 + b ^ 2 = 20 ^ 2 4-133