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Practice
The Pythagorean Theorem

Use the triangle at the right. Find the length of the missing side. If necessary, round
to the nearest tenth.

1. a =9, b = 12 2. a =7, c =25

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3. b = 12, c = 13 4. a  b
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5. b = 2, c = 2.5 6. a = 12, c = 37

7. a = 20, b = 21 8. a = 3.2, c = 13

9. a = 1.8, c = 8.2
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10. A quilter is cutting along the diagonal of a rectangular piece of fabric yard wide by 1 yard
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long. What will be the length of the cut?

11. How long is the diagonal of a 12 mm-by-16 mm face of a rectangular prism?

12. A pilot flies a plane south and then 600 miles west, where she lands the plane. How far south
did the pilot fly the plane if she lands 610 miles from her starting point?

Determine whether the given lengths can be side lengths of a right triangle.
13. 16 cm, 30 cm, 34 cm 14. 0.8 m, 1.5 m, 1.7 m

15. 60 in., 91 in., 110 in. 16. 10 ft, 24 ft, 26 ft

17. 12 cm, 36 cm, 37 cm 18. 18 mi, 81 mi, 82 mi

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19. 2.0 km, 2.1 km, 2.9 km 20. yd, yd, yd
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