Are you a Right Triangle?

Guide the
Pythagorean
Theorem
Word Problems
Alexis Gero
12/17/13
1.
c
2
b
2
= a
2
12
2
2.5
2
= c
2
144 6.25 = ! 137.75 = ! a
2
a = 11.7
2.
a
2
+ b
2
= c
2
45
2
+ 100
2
= c
2
2025 + 10,000 = !12025 = !c
2
c = 109.6
3.
a
2
+ b
2
= c
2
90
2
+ 90
2
= c
2
8100 + 8100 = ! 16200 = ! c
2
c = 127.3
4.
a
2
+ b
2
= c
2
6
2
+ 9
2
= c
2
36 + 81 = ! 117 = ! c
2
c = 10.8
5.
a
2
+ b
2
= c
2
10
2
+ 10
2
= c
2
100 + 100 = ! 200 = ! c
2
c = 14.1
1.12, 15, 20
a
2
+ b
2
= c
2

12
2
+ 15
2
= 20
2
144 + 225 = 369 20
2
= 400
369 !400 NO
2. 18, 24, 30
a
2
+ b
2
= c
2

18
2
+ 24
2
= 30
2
324 + 576 = 900 30
2
= 900
900 = 900 YES
3. 20, 21, 29
a
2
+ b
2
= c
2

20
2
+ 21
2
= 30
2
400 + 441 = 841 30
2
= 900
841 !900 NO
4. 2.1, 2.8, 3.5
a
2
+ b
2
= c
2

2.1
2
+ 2.8
2
= 3.5
2
4.41 + 7.84 = 12.25 3.5
2
= 12.25
12.25 = 12.25 YES
RIGHT TRIANGLE
Gero, Alexis Wednesday, May 28, 2014 3:35:22 PM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:af:f1:a3
Pythagoras was an Ionian Greek philosopher and
mathematician. He contributed to mathematics by
helping with our understanding of angles, triangles,
area, proportion, polygons, and found a gateway in
relating math to music. Though Pythagoras is best
known for his discovery of the Pythagorean Theorem.
Not much is known about him or how much of the work
he accomplished himself, for close to nothing was
recorded at the time. Today, the Pythagorean Theorem
is used constantly, millenniums later. He once said,
There is geometry in the humming of the strings.
There is music in the spacings of the spheres.
Geometry is the knowledge of the eternally existent.
There is several layers of understanding of the
Pythagorean Theorem. Most simply it can be described
like this: In right triangle, there is side a, side b, and
side c. Side c is the hypotenuse, the side opposite of
the right angle and the longest side. Side a and side b
are called the legs and are interchangeable. The
number of units for side a and b squared (the area)
should equal the area of side cs square. So, if you
took the total amount of area from side a and b, they
should t perfectly into the area of side c.

1.
a
2
+ b
2
= c
2
28
2
+ 21
2
=
c
2
784 + 441 = 1225 = c
2
c = 35
2.
a
2
+ b
2
= c
2
5
2
+ 7
2
= c
2
25 + 49 = "74 = "c
2
c = 8.6
1.a= 48 b= ? c= 60
a
2
+ b
2
= c
2
48
2
+ b
2
=
60
2
2304 + b
2
= 3600
3600 2304 = "1296 =
"b
2
b = 36
2. a = ? b= 38 c= 45
c
2
b
2
= a
2
45
2
38
2
=
a
2
2025 1444 = "581 =
"a
2
a = 24.1
Pythagoras
3. a= 15 b= ? c= 25
a
2
+ b
2
= c
2
15
2
b
2
=
25
2
225 b
2
= 625
625 225 = " 400 = " b
2
b = 20
4. a= ? b= 72 c= 78
c
2
b
2
= a
2
78
2
72
2
=
a
2
6084 5184 = "900 = "a
2
a = 30
3.
a
2
+ b
2
= c
2
13
2
+ 13
2
=
c
2
169 + 169 = " 338 = "
c
2
c = 18.4
4.
a
2
+ b
2
= c
2
17
2
+ 17
2
=
c
2
289 + 289 = "578 = "c
2
c = 24
Gero, Alexis Wednesday, May 28, 2014 3:35:22 PM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:af:f1:a3