Pythagorean Applications

A rectangular field is 50 yards wide and 100 yards long. Patrick walks diagonally across the field. How far does he walk?

• 111.8 yards
• 115 yards
• 127.3 yards
• 119 yards

Find the distance.

• 7.1
• 7.8
• 8.7
• 8.9

What is the distance between the two points?

• 6.3
• 6.5
• 6.7
• 16

What is the distance between the two points?

• 6.3
• 6.5
• 6.7
• 16

Find the distance.

• 9.7
• 10.7
• 11.7
• 12.7

Find the distance between the two points.

• 7.3 units
• 8.1 units
• 7.7 units
• 9.1 units

What is the distance between the two points?

• 4.5 units
• 5.1 units
• 3.2 units
• 6.4 units

Find the distance between the two points.

• 7.6 units
• 6.9 units
• 8.1 units
• 9.7 units

Your family wants to purchase a new laptop with a 17” widescreen. Since the 17 inches represents the diagonal measurement of the screen (upper corner to lower corner), you want to find out the actual dimensions of the laptop. When you measured the laptop at the store, the height was 10 inches, but you don’t remember the width. What is the width?

• 13.7 inches
• 12.8 inches
• 11.3 inches
• 13.1 inches

The bottom of a 13-foot straight ladder is set into the ground 5 feet away from a wall. When the top of the ladder is leaned against the wall, what is the distance above the ground it will reach? 

• 12 feet
• 13.5 feet
• 13 feet
• 11.6 feet