Could somebody help me I don't understand any of this. Could someone show me or tell me how to work the problems?

1. Find the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with the legs of 9cm and 12cm
A.8
B.21
C.15
D.225
2.The length of a hypotenuse of a right triangle is 13cm. The length of one leg is 5cm. Find the length of the other leg.
A.14
B.144
C.8
D.12
3.Which of the triangles decribed in the table are a right triangle?
Triangle | Side 1 | Side 2 | Side3 |
Q | 25 | 20 | 15 |
R | 26 | 20 | 14 |
S | 25 | 20 | 1026 |
T | 25 | 26 | 650 |
Answer choices:
A. (Q)
B. (R)
C.(S)
D.(T)
4.Point E is located at point (-2, 2) and point F is located at (4, -6). What is the distance between point E to F?
A.52 squared
B.28 squared
C.10
D.20 squared

14 answers

idk how to tag so maybe this might tag Ms. Sue here.
1. a^2 +b^2 = c^2

9^2 + 12^2 = c^2

81 + 144 = c^2

225 = c^2

sqrt(225) = sqrt (c^2)


c = 15

2. 5^2 +b^2 = 13^2

25 + b^2 = 169

25-25 + b^2 = 169-25

b^2 = 144

b= 12

3. Q
15^2 +20^2 = c^2

225 +400 =c^2

625 = c^2

c = 25

4. Sqrt (4-(-2)^2 + (-6-2)^2))
Sqrt (36 + 64)

= 10
1.

Pythagorean theorem

c = sqrt ( a ^ 2 + b ^ 2 )

c = sqrt ( 9 ^ 2 + 12 ^ 2 )

c = sqrt ( 81 + 144 )

c = sqrt ( 225 )

c = 15

Answer C

2.

Pythagorean theorem

b = sqrt ( c ^ 2 - a ^ 2 )

b = sqrt ( 13 ^ 2 - 5 ^ 2 )

b = sqrt ( 169 - 25 )

b = sqrt ( 144 )

b = 12

Answer D

3.

Pythagorean theorem

c = sqrt ( a ^ 2 + b ^ 2 )

Answer A

becouse :

c = sqrt ( 20 ^ 2 + 15 ^ 2 )

c = sqrt ( 400 + 225 )

c = sqrt ( 625 )

c = 25

4.

The Distance Formula :

d = sqrt [ ( x2 - x1 ) ^ 2 + ( y2 - y1 ) ^ 2 ]

In this case :

x1 = - 2

x2 = 4

y1 = 2

y2 = - 6

d = sqrt [ ( 4 - ( - 2 ) ) ^ 2 + (- 6 - 2 ) ^ 2 ]

d = sqrt [ ( 4 + 2 ) ^ 2 + ( - 8 ) ^ 2 ]

d = sqrt [ 6 ^ 2 + ( - 8 ) ^ 2 ]

d = sqrt ( 36 + 64 )

d = sqrt ( 100 )

d = 10

Answer C
bob, You need to study the Pythagorean theorem.
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1. C
2. D
3. A
4. C
5. B
6. A
7. A
8. B
9. Workpad
Hal is correct!!!! TY
HAL TYSM
Number 9 is wrong dont trust him or you will moss out on points but the rest are right
He is just putting workpad meaning that you will have to do it yourself. You should know that already.
he was saying that because some classes have a essay question others have a abcd question
yoOOO hal is right :D
Hal is right
thx Hal