Name: __________________________________ Unit 7: Right Triangles & Trigonometry

Date: ________________________ Per: _______ Homework 1: Pythagorean Theorem

and its Converse
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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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Name: __________________________________ Unit 7: Right Triangles & Trigonometry
Date: ________________________ Per: _______ Homework 2: Special Right Triangles

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Directions: Find the value of each variable.

1. 2. 3. y
30
y 45° 45°
13 3
x y 60° x

x = _________ x = _________ x = _________

y = _________ y = _________ y = _________
4. 5. 6.
x y x y
x
30° 45°
34
60°
y
x = _________ x = _________ x = _________
y = _________ y = _________ y = _________
7. 8. 9.
45° y
x x
60° y
30°
24 x
y

x = _________ x = _________ x = _________

y = _________ y = _________ y = _________
10. 11. 12.
x
30° 45°
x y
y y
60°
x
x = _________ x = _________ x = _________
y = _________ y = _________ y = _________

13. 14.
y
x 60°
45° y
30°
z x x = _________ x = _________
27 z
17 y = _________ y = _________
z = _________ z = _________
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15. 16.
x
x

45°
45° 30°
30°
y y
z x = _________
x = _________ z
y = _________ y = _________
z = _________ z = _________
17. 18.
x
45° y
x z 30°
45°
60°
y 39 z x = _________
x = _________ 20

y = _________ y = _________

z = _________ z = _________
19. 20.
z y z
30°
45°
y
60° x 45°
x
x = _________ x = _________
y = _________ y = _________
z = _________ z = _________
21. Find the perimeter of the triangle: 22. Find the perimeter of the square:

60° 60°

23. Steel loading ramps are used to load a 24. The infield of a baseball field is a square
lawn mower onto a truckbed 37.5 inches with sides measuring 90 feet. A ball thrown
above ground. If the ramps make a 30° from third to first base is caught in 1.2
angle with the ground, find the length of seconds. Find the speed of the ball in feet
the ramps in feet. per second. Round to the nearest tenth.

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Name: __________________________________ Unit 7: Right Triangles & Trigonometry
Date: ________________________ Per: _______ Homework 3: Similar Right Triangles
& Geometric Mean
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Directions: Identify the similar triangles in the diagram, then sketch them so the corresponding
sides and angles have the same orientation.
1. L

M
J K
2. Y

X
W

Directions: Solve for x.

3. 4.
29

10
6 x
20
x 21

5. 6. 13.2
48
x
x 22.4
52 20 26

Directions: Find the geometric mean of each pair of numbers.

7. 16 and 27 8. 5 and 36

9. 24 and 32 10. 8 and 48

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Directions: Solve for x.
11. 12.
x x
40
3
39
12

13. 14.
4

x 63 55
14

15. 16.
8
x 28
20 x
18

17. 18.

16 x
21

12 9
x

Directions: Solve for x, y, and z.

19. 20.
30

y z
15 24
x x

6 z

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Name: Geometry
Date: Per: Unit 7: Right Triangle Trigonometry

Quiz 7-1: Pythagorean Theorem, Special Right Triangles, & Geometric Mean
Solve for x.
1. 2. 9.2 1. __________________
19
16 x
2. __________________
x 16.5

3. __________________

4. __________________

3. 30 4. 25 5. __________________
x 16
33
6. __________________
x
22
7. __________________

5. In Fayetteville, the library is 3 miles due west of the post office and the zoo is 5 miles due
north of the library. What is the distance from the post office to the zoo?

6. Two vertical posts stand side by side. One post is 8 feet tall and the other is 17 feet tall. If a
24-foot wire is stretched between the tops of the posts, how far apart are the posts?

7. A 15.6-inch laptop is featured in a sales ad for $799. This distance is the diagonal distance
across the screen. If the screen measures 7.8 inches in height, what is the width of the screen?

Determine whether the triangle with the given side lengths is acute, right, obtuse, or not a triangle.
8. 3, 9, 10 ❑ Not a  9. 6, 12, 19 ❑ Not a  10. 21, 28, 35 ❑ Not a 
❑ Acute ❑ Acute ❑ Acute
❑ Right ❑ Right ❑ Right
❑ Obtuse ❑ Obtuse ❑ Obtuse

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Find the value of each variable.

11. x = _________ 10
12. x = x 7
x
y = _________ 45° y= 30°
y
y

y y
13. x = _________ 14. x = _________
45°
x
y = _________ 32
y = _________ x
60°
6

15. x = _________ 16. x =

y
11 3 y= 24 2 x
y = _________
60°
z= 45° 60°
x
z y

17. Find the geometric mean of 6 and 48. 17. __________________

18. __________________

19. __________________
Solve for x.
18. 19. 20. __________________
3 x
30 21. __________________
24
x 24

18

20. 21.
x x
18

20 15
30

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