Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Some Pythagorean Theory Problems

now its time to practice what you've learned:

1. Find the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle whose sides are 24 inches and 18 inches.

2. Find the length of a side of a right triangle whose hypotenuse is 17 yards and whose other side is 15 yards.

3. Find the distance that you would walk up a staircase if it is 21 feet high and has a base of 28 feet.

4. Find the perimeter of a flower garden if its shape is a right triangle with a hypotenuse of 10 feet and a side of 8 feet.

5. Find the hypotenuse of a sail whose shape is a right triangle with a base of 15 feet and whose height is 36 feet.

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