Day 1 vocab and missing side Pytag.notebook
May 05, 2016
The Pythagorean Theorem
Vocabulary:
Longest side and is always across from the right angle
COPY THE ABOVE in your notebook!
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Day 1 vocab and missing side Pytag.notebook
May 05, 2016
You will always have the positive root!! Length can't be negative!
Find the length of a hypotenuse to the nearest tenth.
Day 1 vocab and missing side Pytag.notebook
May 05, 2016
Find the length of the unknown side in each right to the nearest tenth.
Day 1 vocab and missing side Pytag.notebook
May 05, 2016
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2 Summary: leg 2 + leg = Hypotenuse
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a + b = c
To find the hypotenuse (c)­
1. Square each leg
2. Add the legs 3. Take the square root
OR!!
To find a leg(a or b)
1. Square the given leg and the hypotenuse
2. Subtract leg from hypotenuse
3. Take square root!