NAME _____________________________________________ DATE ____________________________ PERIOD _____________

Chapter 8 Test, Form 2B SCORE ___________

Write the letter for the correct answer in the blank at the right of each question.

1. Find the geometric mean between 9 and 11.

A 3√11 C 10
B 2√5 D2 1._________________

2. In △PQR, RS = 5 and QS = 8. Find PS.

F3 H √13
G 6.5 J 2√10 2. _________________

3. Find x.
A 5.5 C 2√6
B √11 D √33 3. _________________

4. Find y.
F4 H8
G5 J9 4. _________________

5. Find the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle whose legs measure 6 and 5.
A 11 C √30
B √11 D √61 5. _________________

6. Find x.
F √39 H 5√3
G6 J5 6. _________________

7. Which set of measures could represent the lengths of the sides of a right triangle?
3 5
A 4 , 1, 4 C 7, 17, 24
B √3, √5, √15 D 8, 15, 16 7. _________________

8. Find c.
F 18 H 9√2
G 9√3 J9 8. _________________

9. Find the perimeter of a square if the length of its diagonal is 16 millimeters. Round to the
nearest tenth.
A 11.3 mm C 90.5 mm
B 45.3 mm D 128.0 mm 9. _________________

10. Find x.
F6 H 6√3
10. ________________
G 6√2 J 12√3

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Chapter 8 Test, Form 2B (continued)

11. Find x to the nearest tenth.
A 8.0 C 10.4
B 8.9 D 10.8 11. ________________

12. Find x to the nearest degree.

F 57 H 33
G 55 J 29 12. ________________

13. If a 24-foot ladder makes a 58° angle with the ground, how many feet up a wall will it
reach? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
A 38.4 ft B 20.8 ft C 20.4 ft D 12.7 ft 13. ________________

14. A ship’s sonar finds that the angle of depression to a wreck on the bottom of the ocean is
13.2°. If a point on the ocean floor is 75 meters directly below the ship, how many meters
is it from that point on the ocean floor to the wreck? Round to the nearest tenth.
F 328.4 m G 319.8 m H 77.0 m J 17.6 m 14. ________________

15. Find the angle of elevation of the Sun if a building 125 feet tall casts a shadow 196 feet
long. Round to the nearest degree.
A 64° B 50° C 40° D 33° 15. ________________

16. When the Sun’s angle of elevation is 76°, a tree tilted

at an angle of 4° from the vertical casts an 18-foot
shadow on the ground. Find the length of the tree to
the nearest tenth of a foot.
F 250.4 ft H 17.7 ft
G 56.5 ft J 4.6 ft 16. ________________

17. In △ABC, m∠ A = 46, m∠ B = 105, and c = 19.8. Find a to the nearest tenth.
A 29.4 B 28.5 C 15.7 D 14.7 17. ________________

18. In △LMN, ℓ = 42, m = 61, and m∠ N = 108. Find n to the nearest tenth.
F 7068.4 G 84.1 H 79.2 J 24.7 18. ________________

19. In △ABC, m∠ A = 15, b = 19, and c = 12. Find a to the nearest tenth.
19. ________________
A 64.5 B 16.9 C 30.7 D 8.0

20. Which triangle should be solved by beginning with the Law of Sines?
F m∠ A = 125, m∠ B = 16, a = 10 H m∠ A = 85, b = 31, c = 24
G m∠ B = 72, a = 5, c = 17 J a = 13, b = 9, c = 15 20. ________________

Bonus From a window 24 feet above the ground, the angle of elevation to the top of another
building is 38°. The distance between the buildings is 63 feet. Find the height of the
building to the nearest tenth of a foot. B: ________________

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