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4-97.

For each diagram below, solve for . Name the relationship(s) you used. Show all work.  

  1. Two right triangles connected to each other, The smaller triangle's hypotenuse is the short leg of the larger triangle, The smaller triangle has legs of 3 and 4 meters, The larger triangle has a long leg of 12 meters, and a hypotenuse of, x.

    Use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve for .

    Label of, y, added to the hypotenuse of the smaller right triangle & also the vertical leg of the large right triangle.

    After solving for , use the Pythagorean Theorem again to solve for .

  1. A triangle where the left base angle is 35 degrees. The top vertex angle is 65 degrees. Two line segments parallel to the base extend first from the left side toward the left, creating an angle of 35 degrees; and the second segment from the right side toward the right creating an angle of x degrees, with the triangle sides, each angle below the line.

    Extend the parallel lines that have already been drawn.

    A triangle with the base, a horizontal line starting from a point near the bottom right side of the triangle and going right, and another horizontal line starting near the top left of the triangle and going left, which are all parallel to each other. The bottom left angle is 35 degrees & the top angle is 65 degrees.

    Now establish a relationship between and one of the angles that has already been given.

    Use the Math Notes boxes in Lessons 2.1.1 and 2.1.4 if you need help remembering angle pair relationships.

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