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PART A: Pythagorean Theorem: Geometry (Triangles)

The document covers the Pythagorean Theorem and its applications in various geometric problems involving triangles, rectangles, and other shapes. It includes examples and exercises for finding lengths of sides, distances between points, and solving word problems. The document provides both theoretical explanations and practical calculations related to right triangles and their properties.

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PART A: Pythagorean Theorem: Geometry (Triangles)

The document covers the Pythagorean Theorem and its applications in various geometric problems involving triangles, rectangles, and other shapes. It includes examples and exercises for finding lengths of sides, distances between points, and solving word problems. The document provides both theoretical explanations and practical calculations related to right triangles and their properties.

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NAME : ……………… Geometry (Triangles)

PART A: Pythagorean Theorem

Point 1

Point 2 1 2

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Pythagorean Theorem of Right Angles

Example 1 : Find the length of the hypotenuse.

Example 2 : Find the length of the leg.

Example 3 : Do the sides 17, 15 and 8 form a right triangle? If so, which
sides are the legs and the hypotenuse?
PART B
1. Find the missing length.

2. A question asks to calculate the height of the isosceles triangle.


The start of the working is shown on the right.

What mistake has been made?


3. Find the distance between two points.

4. Find the distance between points R and S.

5. DEFG is a rectangle. Find the length of the diagonal EG.

6 cm

8 cm
6. The diagram below shows a shaded parallelogram drawn inside a

rectangle. Using Pythagoras, find the hypotenuse of triangle A and the

hypotenuse of triangle B.
9 cm

12 cm

9 cm
40 cm
7. Here is a trapezium, use Pythagoras’ Theorem to find the value of
k.
k cm

10 cm
6 cm

20 cm

8. The following triangle is NOT a right angled triangle and so you


cannot apply Pythagoras’ theorem directly. Find the length of x.
PART B: word problems
1. A ladder is leaning against a wall. The top of the ladder touches the
wall at a height of 4 meters. If the ladder is 5 meters long, how far
is the base of the ladder from the wall?

2. Two friends are standing at points A and B in a park. If A is 6 meters


east and 8 meters north of B, what is the shortest distance between
them?

3. A rectangular field measures 15 meters by 20 meters. What is the


diagonal distance across the field?

4. A television screen measures 24 inches by 32 inches. What is the


screen size (diagonal) in inches?

5. A rectangular garden is 9 meters long and 12 meters wide. How


long is the diagonal of the garden?
6. Two points are located at coordinates (2,1) and (5,5). What is the
distance between these two points?

7. A kite string is 100 meters long and reaches a point 80 meters


horizontally from where a child holds the end. How high is the kite
above the ground?

8. A rectangular pool is 10 meters long and 24 meters wide. What is


the length of a diagonal from one corner to the opposite corner?

9. A photographer stands 9 meters away from the base of a building


and takes a photo of the top of the building at a height of 12 meters.
How far is the photographer from the top of the building?

10. A rectangular room is 8 meters by 15 meters. Find the length


of the longest possible straight path from one corner to another.
11. A rectangle has dimensions 3 meters by 4 meters. What is the
diagonal distance across the rectangle?

12. A piece of wire is bent into a right triangle shape with one leg
6 meters long and the other 8 meters long. How long is the
hypotenuse?

13. A rectangular dock measures 14 meters by 48 meters. What is


the length of the diagonal across the dock?

14. A right triangle has one leg of 5 meters and a hypotenuse of


13 meters. What is the length of the other leg?

15. A rope stretches from the top of a fence that is 3 meters high
to the ground, forming a 5-meter diagonal. How far is the bottom of
the rope from the base of the fence?
16. A rectangular box is 8 meters long and 6 meters wide. What is
the length of the diagonal of the box?

17. A girl is flying a kite. The kite string she holds is 17 meters
long and reaches a point 15 meters away horizontally. How high is
the kite above the ground?

18. A small park is shaped like a rectangle and measures 7 meters


by 24 meters. How long is the diagonal path across the park?

19. A triangular garden plot has one side of 9 meters and a


hypotenuse of 15 meters. How long is the other side?

20. A computer screen is 12 inches high and 16 inches wide. What


is the diagonal size of the screen?
21. A wooden plank is placed from the ground to the top of a box
to form a ramp. If the box is 4 meters high and the plank is 5 meters
long, how far from the box does the plank reach on the ground?

22. A mobile hanging string is 13 meters long and hangs a


decoration that is 12 meters away horizontally. How high is the
decoration hanging from the ceiling?

23. Two corners of a rectangular lot are 8 meters and 15 meters


from a point on the road straight down from an overhead cable.
What is the shortest cable length that could be dropped from
directly above this point to either corner?

24. A rectangular swimming pool is 20 meters long and 15 meters


wide. What is the diagonal length across the surface of the water?
25. A triangle has one leg that is 6 meters and another that is 8
meters. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

26. A frame is to be hung on a wall, and a wire must stretch


diagonally across the back of the frame that measures 9 inches by
12 inches. What length of wire is needed?

27. A rectangular field is 36 meters by 48 meters. Calculate the


diagonal distance from one corner to the opposite corner.

28. A playground slide is set at a height of 3 meters, and the base


of the slide reaches 4 meters from the base of the platform. How
long is the slide?

29. A rectangular rug is 8 feet by 6 feet. What is the diagonal


length of the rug?
1. 3 meters (Since 3² + 4² = 5²)
2. 10 meters (Since 6² + 8² = 10²)
3. 25 meters (Since 15² + 20² = 25²)
4. 40 inches (Since 24² + 32² = 40²)
5. 15 meters (Since 9² + 12² = 15²)
6. 5 meters (Distance using Pythagorean theorem, calculated by
finding the differences in each coordinate)
7. 60 meters (Since 80² + 60² = 100²)
8. 26 meters (Since 10² + 24² = 26²)
9. 15 meters (Since 9² + 12² = 15²)
10. 17 meters (Since 8² + 15² = 17²)
11. 5 meters (Since 3² + 4² = 5²)
12. 10 meters (Since 6² + 8² = 10²)
13. 50 meters (Since 14² + 48² = 50²)
14. 12 meters (Since 5² + 12² = 13²)
15. 4 meters (Since 3² + 4² = 5²)
16. 10 meters (Since 8² + 6² = 10²)
17. 8 meters (Since 15² + 8² = 17²)
18. 25 meters (Since 7² + 24² = 25²)
19. 12 meters (Since 9² + 12² = 15²)
20. 20 inches (Since 12² + 16² = 20²)
21. 3 meters (Since 3² + 4² = 5²)
22. 5 meters (Since 12² + 5² = 13²)
23. 17 meters (Using 8² + 15², consider these as legs of a right
triangle)
24. 25 meters (Since 20² + 15² = 25²)
25. 10 meters (Since 6² + 8² = 10²)
26. 15 inches (Since 9² + 12² = 15²)
27. 60 meters (Since 36² + 48² = 60²)
28. 5 meters (Since 3² + 4² = 5²)
29. 10 feet (Since 8² + 6² = 10²)

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