Right Triangles Day 1 HW
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Date:_____________________
For Numbers 1-4 find the missing side length. If necessary simplify the radical.
5. A baseball diamond is a square with sides of 90 feet. What is the shortest distance from home plate to
second base? Round your answers to the nearest tenth of a foot.
Determine if the following triangle side lengths would form an acute, right, or obtuse triangle:
6a. 17in, 12in, 9in
6b. 3, 4, 5
6c.
9. Ms. Fabris drives 41 miles north then turns due west and drives 34 miles before her car dies. What is
the distance from her starting point to the point where her car died (hint: draw a triangle).
10. In a computer catalog, a computer monitor is listed as being 19 inches. This distance is the diagonal
distance across the screen. If the screen measures 10 inches in height, what is the actual width of the
screen to the nearest inch?