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1. Calculate x for each of these triangles. a b c 8am PS 1c a e 1 x zy 3.7em ol a ZY a 2. Manuel is trying to calculate the value of x for this triangle. This is what he writes O+ Pax? 36 +16 =x" x? =52 x oem xo ¥52 x=7.21em He has made a mistake. Correct his working, a 3 Calculate x for each of these triangles. > ohh A 16.3¢m 4 em e ' 23 > x tra 198m 7 13.6em 4 A boat sails 15 km due south and then 35 km due east. How far is the boat from its starting position? 5 A ladder is 5m long. It rests against a vertical wall with the bottom of the ladder 1.5m from the base of the wall. How far up the wall does the ladder reach? 6 Calculate x for these right-angled triangles. b San 7 Calculate AD. 8 Calculate AB. 9 Find the length of DB. © Bem B Scan 10 Calculate c a the length of AD b the perimeter of ABCD dom ¢ thearea of ABCD d_ thearea of triangle ADC. B vem 11 An equilateral triangle has sides of length 5 cm. Calculate a the height of the triangl. b thearea of the triangle. 12 Achombus has a perimeter of 24cm. The longest diagonal is 10cm. Calculate the length of the shortest diagonal 13. Sungu says this triangle is a right-angled triangle — Sen is he correct? oom 14 A triangle has sides of length 48cm, 55cm and 73cm. Isit a right-angled triangle? Explain your answer.

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