Name: Date:
___________________________________________________ _________________________________
________________ _________________________________
Topic: Class:
_
___________________________________________________ _________________________________
________________ _________________________________
Main Ideas/Questions Notes/Examples
_
• Used to find the missing _______________ of a __________________ triangle.
• Sides a and b are called ______________.
c • Side c is called the ________________________________.
a
• For any right triangle: _____________________________________________.
b
Directions: Find the value of x. Round each answer to the nearest tenth.
1. 2.
Examples x 27
22
8
13 x
3. 7 4. 19.1
x
9
30.5
x
5. 6. 18
24
x x
16
22 5
7.
14 29
12
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8.
x
28
10 25
9. 26
20
x
40
Directions: Draw a picture, then solve for the missing side.
10. A roofer leaned a 16-foot ladder against a house. If the base of the
ladder is 5 feet from the house, how high up the house does the ladder
reach?
11. Kurt is building a rectangular deck. If the dimensions of the deck are 10
feet by 23 feet, what is the length of the diagonal of the deck?
12. Ashley jogged 3.4 miles east, then 5.7 miles south. How far is Ashley from
her starting point?
13. A 31-foot support wire is attached from the top of a 25 foot telephone
pole to a point on the ground. How far from the base of the pole does
the wire meet the ground?
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Name: Date:
___________________________________________________ _________________________________
________________ _________________________________
Topic: Class:
_
___________________________________________________ _________________________________
________________ _________________________________
Main Ideas/Questions Notes/Examples
_
Given a triangle with sides a, b, and c:
• If ______________________________, then the triangle is __________________.
• If ______________________________, then the triangle is __________________.
Converse • If ______________________________, then the triangle is __________________.
Always keep “c2” on the LEFT side to avoid confusion when classifying!
Directions: First, determine if the three side lengths could form a triangle.
(Recall from earlier, the sum of the two smaller sides must be greater than the
Examples third side). If yes, classify the triangle further as acute, right, or obtuse.
1. 3, 7, 9 2. 20, 21, 29
❑ Not a ❑ Not a
❑ Acute ❑ Acute
❑ Right ❑ Right
❑ Obtuse ❑ Obtuse
3. 4, 11, 16 4. 17, 17, 22
❑ Not a ❑ Not a
❑ Acute ❑ Acute
❑ Right ❑ Right
❑ Obtuse ❑ Obtuse
5. 18, 24, 30 6. 8, 15, 23
❑ Not a ❑ Not a
❑ Acute ❑ Acute
❑ Right ❑ Right
❑ Obtuse ❑ Obtuse
7. 31, 35, 39 8. 11, 19, 28
❑ Not a ❑ Not a
❑ Acute ❑ Acute
❑ Right ❑ Right
❑ Obtuse ❑ Obtuse
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Name: __________________________________ Unit 7: Right Triangles & Trigonometry
Date: ________________________ Per: _______ Homework 1: Pythagorean Theorem
and its Converse
** This is a 2-page document! **
Directions: Find the value of x.
1. 2.
x 19
10
x
21
3. x 4.
12.8
16
27 x
5.3
5. 6. x
20 19
18 17
x 31
7.
44
16
22
x
8. Scott is using a 12-foot ramp to help load furniture into the back of a moving truck. If the
back of the truck is 3.5 feet from the ground, what is the horizontal distance from where
the ramp reaches the ground to the truck?
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9. A 35-foot wire is secured from the top of a flagpole to a stake in the ground. If the stake is 14
feet from the base of the flagpole, how tall is the flagpole?
10. If the diagonal of a square is 11.3 meters, approximately what is the perimeter of the
square?
Directions: Given the side lengths, determine whether the triangle is acute, right, obtuse, or not
a triangle.
11. 15, 16, 21 12. 20, 23, 41
❑ Not a ❑ Not a
❑ Acute ❑ Acute
❑ Right ❑ Right
❑ Obtuse ❑ Obtuse
13. 10, 24, 26 14. 6, 13, 20
❑ Not a ❑ Not a
❑ Acute ❑ Acute
❑ Right ❑ Right
❑ Obtuse ❑ Obtuse
15. 3, 16, 17 16. 24, 29, 32
❑ Not a ❑ Not a
❑ Acute ❑ Acute
❑ Right ❑ Right
❑ Obtuse ❑ Obtuse
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