3.5.

4 Test (TST): Right Triangles Test

Geometry Sem 1 Name: Kennedy Ellison

Points Possible:50
Date: 1/10/23

Answer the following questions using what you've learned from this unit. Write your answers in

the space provided. Be sure to show all work.

1. Find the side lengths of a triangle with the given vertices.

Part I: Graph and label a triangle on the coordinate grid below.

1. Plot and connect these points: A (1, -3), B (3, -1), C (5, -3). (3 points)
2. Using the grid, find the distance between A and C. Identify this on your graph. (1
point)
3. Angle B is a right angle. Identify this on the graph. (1 point)
4. Angles A and C have the same measure. Using what you know about the sum of
angles in a triangle, find the measure of angles A and C and label these on your
graph. (2 points)
The distance between A and C is is 4 units. The measure of Angle B is 90 degrees. Using angle

sum property,

<A +< B + <C=180

2<A + 90 = 180

2<A = 90

<A =45 = <C

Part II: Identify the type of triangle you drew. (1 point)

I drew an isosceles triangle.

 Part III: Find the unknown side lengths, AB and BC. HINT: Use either the Pythagorean

Theorem or special right triangle properties. (3 points)

The measurement of sides AB, BC, and AC will be 3 units,3 units, and 3√2
units. From the Δ ABC we found;

tan 45° = AB/BC

1=AB/BC

AB=BC

sin 45° = AB/AC

(1/√2)=AB/AC

AC = √2 AB

From the graph, it is observed that

AB=BC =3 units

AC= √2 AB

AC = 3√2 units

Hence, the measurement of sides AB, BC, and AC will be 3 units,3 units, and
3√2 units.

2. The South Memorial School is designing a new playground. There will be a walkway that

diagonally crosses the square playground. The walkway is 55 meters long.

Part I: Include a sketch of the playground and find the length of one side. Round your answer

to the nearest 10th. Show your work. (5 points)

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The 55 meters long diagonal is the hypotenuse of a right triangle that has equal legs. Then use
Pythagoras to find the length of the equal legs of the square:

Therefore, the perimeter of the square playground is 4 times this value:

Perimeter = 38.89 m *4 = 155.56 m

Since the answer is rounded to the nearest 10th, write:

Perimeter = 155.6 m

Part II: Use your answer from Part I to find the perimeter of the playground. Round your answer
to the nearest 10th. Show your work. (3 points)

The 55 meters long diagonal is the hypotenuse of a right triangle that has equal legs. Then use
Pythagoras to find the length of the equal legs of the square:
Therefore, the perimeter of the square playground is 4 times this value:

Perimeter = 38.89 m *4 = 155.56 m

Since the answer is rounded to the nearest 10th, write:

Perimeter = 155.6 m

3. Ken leans a 12-foot ladder against his house. He places the ladder so that the base is 5 feet

from the house. How far up the house does the ladder reach?

Part I: Sketch and label a figure that illustrates the scenario above. (3 points)
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12 feet
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5 feet
 Part II: Set up an equation to find how far up the house the ladder reaches, and solve the

equation. Round your answer to the nearest 10th. Show your work. (3 points)

This ladder is a right triangle, the length, 12 would be the slant height, the distance from the
house, 5 would be the base length, and the height of how far up the ladder reaches would be the
height of the triangle. To represent this missing height, define it as the x variable. To solve for
this x variable, you must use the Pythagorean theorem: a^2+b^2=c^2. a and b are the two legs,
and c is the slant length. plug in the known values:

(5)^2+(x)^2=(12)^2

Now, simplify:

25+x^2=144

Now, solve for x:

25+x^2=144

x^2=119

x=

x is about 10.9.
Therefore, the final answer would be that the ladder reaches approximately 10.9 feet up the
house.

4. An equilateral triangle has sides that are 8 inches long. Find the area.

Part I: Draw and label the triangle.

1. Draw an equilateral triangle with side lengths of 8 inches. (1 point)

2. Identify the angle measures on your triangle. Hint: Each angle has the same
measure. (1 point)
3. Draw an altitude from the top vertex to the base of the triangle. (1 point)
4. Your figure should now show 2 congruent triangles. What are the angle measures for
each of these triangles? Label these on your figure. (2 points)
5. What is the length of the base for each of these triangles? Label this on your figure.
(1 point)

60º

30º
n.

8i
8i

n.

60º 90º 60º

4 4
 Part II: Find the height of the equilateral triangle. Leave your answer in simplest radical

form. Show your work. HINT: The height is the longer leg of each congruent triangle. (3

points)

To find the height we divide the triangle into two special 30 - 60 - 90 right triangles by drawing a
line from one corner to the center of the opposite side. This segment will be the height and will
be opposite from one of the 60-degree angles and adjacent to a 30-degree angle. The special
right triangle gives side ratios of x, x√3, and 2x. The hypotenuse, the side opposite the 90-
degree angle, is the full length of one side of the triangle and is equal to 2x. Using this
information, we can find the lengths of each side of the special triangle.

8=2x→4=x→4√3=x√3 The side with length x√3

will be the height (opposite the 60-degree angle). The height is 4√3 inches.

Part III: Find the area of the equilateral triangle that you drew in Part I. Leave your answer in

simplest radical form. Show your work. Hint: The area of a triangle is one half the base times

height. (3 points)

Just apply the formula A=√3/4s^2 and get 16√3 square inches.

The formula for the area of a triangle is: ATriangle=½ bh, where b is the base and h, is the
altitude.A=½ (8)(4√3)=16√3 in.^2
5. On the square baseball diamond shown below, the distance from first base to second base is

90 feet. How far does the catcher have to throw the ball from home plate to reach second base?

Round your answer to the nearest 10th. Show your work. (5 points)

The diagonal of a square is √2 times the length of one side. The distance
from home plate to second base is ...

(90 ft)√2 ≈ 127.3 ft

The catcher at home has to throw the ball 127.3 ft to reach second base.
6. Rex, Paulo, and Ben are standing on the shore watching for dolphins. Paulo sees one surface

directly in front of him about a hundred feet away. Find the distances between Rex, Ben, Paulo

and the dolphin. The angles between Rex, Ben, and the dolphin are marked on the diagram.

Part I: Using triangle BCD, find the distance between Rex and the dolphin, and between Rex

and Paulo. Assume the distance between Paulo and the dolphin is exactly 100 feet. Round

your answers to one decimal place. Show your work. (4 points, 2 points each distance)

HINT: The hypotenuse of a 30-60-90 triangle is twice the length of the shorter leg. The length

of the longer leg is times the length of the shorter leg.

Distance between Rex and the dolphin:

The distance between Rex and the dolphin is 112 feet.

The distance between Paulo and the dolphin is = 100 feet distance between

Let the Rex and Paulo is 50 feet ( according to the question)

∴The Distance between Rex and the dolphin

⇒111.8

Distance between Rex and Paulo:

The distance between Paulo and the dolphin is = 100 feet distance between

Let the Rex and Paulo is 50 feet ( according to the question)

 Part II: Using the triangle ACD, find the distance between Ben and the dolphin and Ben and

Paulo. (4 points, 2 points each distance)

Distance between Ben and Paulo: The distance between Ben and Dolphin will be 115.47 feet.

Distance between Ben and the dolphin: The distance between Ben and Paulo will be 57.74

feet.

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