KEY CONCEPT KEY

CONCEPT

You can use the Pythagorean Theorem and its converse to solve
problems involving right triangles.

x
c2 + x2 = d2 d

a2 + b2 = c 2 c
b
a

Do You Understand? Do You Know How?

1. Essential Question   What types of problems 4. You are painting the roof of a shed.
can be solved using the Pythagorean Theorem? You are going to place the base
of a ladder 12 feet from the
shed. How long does the
ladder need to be to reach 35 ft
the roof of the shed? 

12 ft

2. Look for Structure  How is using the

Pythagorean Theorem in a rectangular prism
similar to using it in a rectangle?  MP.7

5. A box shaped like a right rectangular prism

measures 5 centimeters by 3 centimeters by
2 centimeters. What is the length of the interior
diagonal of the prism to the nearest hundredth?

3. Construct Arguments  Glen found the length

of the hypotenuse of a right triangle using
2a2 + b2 . Gigi used 2(a + b)2 . Who is correct?
Explain.  MP.3
6. A wall 12 feet long makes a corner with a wall
that is 14 feet long. The other ends of the walls
are about 18.44 feet apart. Do the walls form a
right angle? Explain.

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