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Triangle
 TRIANGLE?
A B C
YES OR NOT
4 5 6
1 3 5
3 4 5
3 5 6
2 7 8
1 4 5
2 3 4
5 6 7
2 5 8
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PYTHAGORAS
"In any right triangle, the square of the length of
the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the
squares of the lengths of the legs.“

This relationship can be stated as:

For any RIGHT TRIANGLE

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 c hypotenuse
leg b

leg a
a, b are legs
c is the hypotenuse
(c is across from the hypotenuse)
 A c2= a2+b2
x2= 81+144
x
9m c x2= 225
b =

C B x=15
a 12m

Find x.
Answer: 15 m

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Suppose you drive directly west for 48
miles, then turn south and drive for 36
miles. How far are you from where you
started?
48

36
c
 30
7

x
Solve for x.
Round your answer to the nearest hundredth if necessary.

Answer: 30.81
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Group Activity
Is the color of milk and Is the color of coal, ebony,
fresh snow, the color and of outer space. It is the
produced by the darkest color, the result of
combination of all the the absence of or complete
colors of the visible absorption of light.
spectrum.

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COOPERATION 45%
PRESENTATION 45%
TIME MANAGEMENT 10%
100%
Group 1:
A telephone pole support cable attaches to
the pole 20 feet high. If the cable is 25 feet
long, how far from the bottom of the pole
does the cable attach to the ground?

Group 2:
A disabled ship radios to shore for help. The
Coast Guard determines that the ship is 16
miles east and 43 miles north of the station.
What is the direct distance between the ship
and the Coast Guard station? Round
answer to the nearest whole number.
 Group 3:
Tara leaned a 17 foot ladder
against the house. The bottom
of the ladder is 8 feet from the
house. How high up the side of
the house is the top of the
ladder?
 How would you able to
apply your knowledge
about pythagorean
theorem in the real world?
PUZZLE TIME