Lesson 6 Homework Practice Use The: Pythagorean Theorem

Did you find this guide helpful? Share it with a classmate or bookmark it for your next study session.

That night, Nonna called a contractor. "Fifty feet," she told him firmly. "My granddaughter did the math." Lesson 6 Homework Practice Use The Pythagorean Theorem

A right triangle has a hypotenuse of 13 inches and one leg of 5 inches. Find the missing leg. Plug in the numbers: Square the numbers: Isolate the variable: Subtract 25 from both sides ( Find the square root: . So, . Real-World Applications in Lesson 6 Did you find this guide helpful

In any right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse (the longest side) is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides (the legs). a squared plus b squared equals c squared : The "legs" that form the right angle. hypotenuse "Fifty feet," she told him firmly