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Pythagorean Theorem word problems

Pythagorean Theorem word problems. Problem #1. The length of Abe's rectangular living room is 16 feet and the distance between opposite corners is 20 feet. What is the width of Abe's living room? . Problem #2.

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Pythagorean Theorem word problems

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  1. Pythagorean Theorem word problems

  2. Problem #1 The length of Abe's rectangular living room is 16 feet and the distance between opposite corners is 20 feet. What is the width of Abe's living room?

  3. Problem #2 An envelope measures 15 centimeters by 8 centimeters. A pencil is placed in the envelope at a diagonal. What is the maximum possible length of the pencil?

  4. Problem #3 A 13 feet ladder is placed 5 feet away from a wall. The distance from the ground straight up to the top of the wall is 13 feet Will the ladder the top of the wall?

  5. Problem #4 A soccer field is a rectangle 90 meters wide and 120 meters long. The coach asks players to run from one corner to the corner diagonally across. What is this distance?

  6. Problem #5 The bottom of a ladder must be placed 3 feet from a wall. The ladder is 12 feet long. How far above the ground does the ladder touch the wall?

  7. Problem #6 Two joggers run 8 miles north and then 5 miles west.  What is the shortest distance, to the nearest tenth of a mile, they must travel to return to their starting point?

  8. Problem #7 A baseball diamond is a square that is 90 feet on each side. What is the distance from home to second base?

  9. Problem #8 How far from the base of the house do you need to place a 15-foot ladder so that it exactly reaches the top of a 12-foot tall wall?

  10. Problem #9 John leaves school to go home. He walks 6 blocks North and then 8 blocks west. How far is John from the school?

  11. Problem #10 From a train station, one train heads north and another heads east. Some time later, the northbound train has traveled 16 miles. If the two trains separated by a straight-line distance of 20 miles, how far has the eastbound train traveled?

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