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The document is a tutorial on finding missing side lengths of right triangles using the Pythagorean theorem. It includes practice problems with step-by-step solutions, demonstrating how to calculate the lengths of the hypotenuse and legs of triangles. Additionally, it addresses common mistakes and provides higher-order thinking questions related to real-life applications of the theorem.

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07 - 01 Solutions

The document is a tutorial on finding missing side lengths of right triangles using the Pythagorean theorem. It includes practice problems with step-by-step solutions, demonstrating how to calculate the lengths of the hypotenuse and legs of triangles. Additionally, it addresses common mistakes and provides higher-order thinking questions related to real-life applications of the theorem.

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PRACTICE TUTORIAL

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7-1 Additional Practice Scan for


Multimedia
Leveled Practice In 1 and 2, find the missing side length of each triangle.

1. 2. 5 in.
c
15

36
13 in. b

15 2 + 36 2 = c2 5 2 + b2 = 13 2

225 + 1,296 = c2 25 + b2 = 169

b2 = 144
5 1,521 = 5 c2

c= 39
5 b2 = 5 144

The length of the hypotenuse is 39 units. b= 12

The length of leg b is 12 inches.

3. What is the length of side a rounded to the 4. What is the length of side c rounded to the
nearest tenth of a centimeter? nearest tenth of an inch?
About 10.0 cm About 25.5 in.

17 in. 19 in.
a 12.8 cm

c
8 cm

5. Two dimensions of a right triangle are 5 units and 13 units. A student


writes the equation 52 + 132 = c 2 to find the length of the third side.
a. If all the side lengths are integers, is the student’s equation
correct? Explain.
No; Sample answer: 52 +132 = 25 +169 = 194. !194 is about 13.9,
which is not an integer.
b. If the student is incorrect, write an equation that will give the length
of the third side, and show that the equation is correct.
52 +b2 = 132 ; 25 +b2 = 169, b2 = 144, b = 12

7-1 Understand the Pythagorean Theorem 89


6. What is the length of the hypotenuse of the triangle when x = 3?
Round your answer to the nearest tenth. ?
2x
About 17.1 units
5x + 1

7. A student was asked to find the length of the unknown leg of 5.3 cm
the right triangle. The student incorrectly said that the length
of the unknown leg of the right triangle is about 6.2 centimeters.
?
a. Find the length of the unknown leg of the right triangle to the 6.6 cm
nearest tenth of a centimeter.
About 3.9 cm
b. What mistake might the student have made?
Sample answer: She did not square the length of the given leg.

8. Higher Order Thinking Dillon places a ladder against a wall. The


base of the ladder is 5 feet from the wall. The ladder is 12 feet long.
a. How high will the ladder reach?
About 10.9 ft
b. How will shortening the distance between the base of the ladder and
the wall affect the dimensions of the triangle they form? Explain in terms
of the Pythagorean Theorem.
Sample answer: The wall and the distance between the wall and the
base of the ladder form two legs of a right triangle, a and b. The ladder
is the hypotenuse, c. If you shorten the distance between the base of
the ladder and the wall, one leg becomes shorter. The hypotenuse will
not change because the ladder just reaches higher up the wall. Since
a2 +b2 = c 2 , if one leg gets shorter the other leg must get longer.

Assessment Practice
9. What is the length, in inches, of the 10. What is the length, to the nearest tenth of
hypotenuse of the right triangle? a meter, of the unknown leg of the right
triangle?
11 m
?
10 in.

? 42.8 m
24 in.

26 41.4

90 7-1 Understand the Pythagorean Theorem

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