Name: Geometry

Date: Per: Unit 8: Right Triangle Trigonometry

Quiz 8-1: 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

© Gina Wilson (All Things Algebra®, LLC), 2014-2018