Similarity and Right Triangles

Find the value of x?

Write your answer as a decimal.

(a)  

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.9

Find the value of x.

Write your answer as a decimal.

(a)  

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.4

Find the value of b.

(a)  

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CCSS.8.G.B.7

^{Find the value of b.}

(a)  

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CCSS.8.G.B.7

A playground is a rectangle 18 meters wide and 24 meters long. A child runs from one corner to the corner diagonally across. How many meters is this distance?

(a)  

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CCSS.8.G.B.8

Which set of sides would make a right triangle?

• 8, 10, 12

• 16, 20, 24

• 10, 20, 24

• 10, 24, 26

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CCSS.8.G.B.8

Find the missing length.

(a)  

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.5

The accompanying diagram shows a 24-foot ladder

leaning against a building. A steel brace extends

from the ladder to the point where the building

meets the ground. The brace forms a right angle

with the ladder. If the steel brace is connected to

the ladder at a point that is 10 feet from the foot of the ladder, which equation can be used to find the length, x, of the steel brace

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.9

• 100
• 110
• 120
• 130

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CCSS.8.G.B.7

Given the diagram at the right, as labeled, find CD.

• 2

• 4

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.9