(A) 5A Retake Pythagorean Theorem (A)

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Rodney is responsible for fixing a telephone pole. The pole is 20 feet high.  He places the base of his ladder 5 feet from the base of the telephone pole. What would be the length of the ladder?
Round to the nearest tenth if necessary.

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The area of rectangle c is 3,721. The area of rectangle a is 121. What is the area of rectangle b?

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Noel leaves her house and drives north for 12 miles. She then turns and travels west for 11 miles to get to Amanda's house. What is the shortest distance between Noel's house and Amanda's house? Draw a picture to help you.

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State whether the given side lengths are right triangles.

Triangle A: 8, 6, 15 __________

Triangle B: 21, 20, 29 __________

Triangle C: 19, 17, 13 __________
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Triangle ABC has side lengths 9 cm, 41 cm, and x cm. The side length of x is shorter than the longest side. What does the value of x need to be in order for the triangle to be considered a right triangle?

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Use the figure below to answer the question. Line a is 4 inches, line b is 6 inches and line c is 7 inches. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
What is the length of line x?_______
What is the length of line d? _______
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Sam and his friends meet at Chesterfield Towne Center. From there, they walk to Ross to shop. After that, they go and eat lunch at Kickback Jack's. What is the distance they walked to get from Ross to Kickback Jack's? Round your answer to the nearest whole.