Final Test 1

Name:
Date:
Chapter 7 Test
Vocabulary
Match the following vocabulary words with their proper definitions below.
A. Distance formula
H. Irrational number
B. The converse of the Pythagorean
I. Rational number
Theorem
J. Absolute value
C. The Pythagorean Theorem
K. Distance
D. Acute triangle
L. Corresponding parts
E. Obtuse triangle
M. Proportion
F. Right triangle
N. Similar figures
G. Taxi distance
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a triangle with 3 acute angles (or angles whose measure is less the 90 degrees)
figures having the same shape, but not necessarily the same size, so that corresponding
angles have the same measure and corresponding side lengths have the same ratios
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an equation stating that two ratios are equal

a number that cannot be expressed as the ratio of two integers, and so cannot be
expressed as a repeating or terminating decimal
If a triangle has side lengths a, b, and c, and
triangle.

, then the triangle is a right

is the distance from zero on the number line

a number that can be expressed as a ratio of two integers (a repeating decimal)
a triangle with one obtuse angle (or an angle whose measure is greater than 90 degrees)
parts of two geometric figures that match up
A triangle with one right angle (or an angle whose measure is 90 degrees)
the length of a line segment connecting two points
If a triangle is a right triangle with legs of length a and b and hypotenuse c, then

Final Test 2

1. Find the taxi distance AND straight line distance between the following points:
a. (2, 8) and (2, 3)

b. (10, 23) and (9, 28)

c. Why do we use absolute value signs in the taxi distance formula?

2. Is the following triangle a right triangle? Explain why or why not.

a=3
b=4
c=5

c
b

3. Find the absolute value of each expression.

a. | -4 |
b. | 500,000 |
c. - | - 6 |
d. | a |

Final Test 3

4. Graph the following two equations.

a. y = | x+3 |

b. y = | 2x-4 |

5. Solve each equation.

a. | m-3 | + 8 = 18

b. 3 | a-3 | = 12

6. What does is mean for two figures to be similar?

7. Draw and label two similar triangles and two similar quadrilaterals.

Final Test 4

8. Ships A and B and an island at point C are on the same straight line going directly east.
Ship at point D is straight north of the island. Ship B is 32 miles from the island and sights
ship D at an angle of 52 degrees. Ship A sights D at an angle of 35 degrees.
a. How far is ship B from ship D?
b. How far is ship D from the island?
c. How far is ship A from ship B?

35
A

52
B

9. Complete the following problems to find the square root of each number. Show your work.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Final Test 5

10. Create a table of values for the equation y=

Show your work.

. Create a graph from these values.

11. Graph the following equations on the same coordinate plane: y= and y=|
Use the graph to determine how many values of x satisfy the equation =|

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