NAME _________________________ DATE__________________

 

Activity #2: USE THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM TO FIND THE MISSING SIDE.  SIMPLIFY RADICALS WHEN POSSIBLE.  DO NOT USE THE CALCULATOR TO WRITE THE SOLUTION.

 

1.

If a = 5 and b = 12, then

c = _________

 

2.

If a = 9 and b = 40, then

c = _________

 

3.

If a = 5 and c = 9, then

b = _________

 

4.

If c = 10 and a = 5, then

b = _________

 

5.

If a = 6 and b = 8, then

c = _________

 

6.

If a = 11 and b = 11, then

c = _________

 

7.

If c = 41 and a = 12 then

b = _________

 

8.

If c = 34 and b = 22 then

a = _________

 

9.

If c = 36 and b = 26 then

a = _________

 

10.

If c = 21 and b = 11 then

a = _________

 

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