ACE Answers | Investigation 3

Applications
1. a. 2 square units, 2 square units,
4 square units 8. YZ is the hypotenuse of a right triangle
with legs of length 4 units and 2 units.
b. The side lengths are units, Because 42 + 22 = 20, the length of
units, and 2 units, and segment YZ is units. Therefore, the
(that is, 2 + 2 = 4), distance between Y and Z is units.
so the side lengths satisfy the
Pythagorean Theorem.
2. The sides have lengths units,
units, and units and, because
(that is, 5 + 5 =
10), the triangle satisfies the Pythagorean 9. Because 42 + 32 = 25, the distance is
Theorem. 5 blocks.
Note: This is a convenient place to remind 10. Because 62 + 52 = 61, the distance is
students that ≠ even blocks ≈ 7.8 blocks.
though . 11. The distance is 4 blocks.
2 2 2
3. a. 5 + 12 = 169; 169 in. 12. Because 42 + 42 = 32, the distance is
b. 13 in. blocks ≈ 5.7 blocks.
2 2
4. 3 + 6 = 45, so c = cm, or about 13. D
6.7 cm 14. F
2 2
5. 4 + 3 = 25, so h = in. = 5 in.
15. This is a right triangle.
2 2
6. 3 + 8 = 73, so k = cm ≈ 8.5 cm
16. This is not a right triangle. 92 + 162 ≠ 252
7. WX is the hypotenuse of a right triangle
Note: In fact, these side lengths will not
with legs of length 4 units and 1 unit.
form a triangle of any kind. As in Exercise
Because 42 + 12 = 17, the length of
16, watch for students who incorrectly
segment WX is units. Therefore,
write that
W and X are units apart.

Connections
17. a. 6.5 cm
c. 30 cm3; 0.5(6 × 2.5) × 4 = 30
b. You do not need to know the value of
a to find the volume, but it is needed d. 75 cm2; (2.5 × 4) + 2 [0.5(6 × 2.5)] +
to find the surface area. To find the (6 × 4) + (6.5 × 4) = 10 + 15 + 24 +
volume, you multiply 4 by the area of 26 = 75
the triangular face, which you can find
using only the given base and height.
To find the surface area, you need to
find the areas of the rectangular faces.
For one of these faces, you need to
know the value of a.

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e. Possible sketch: 23. The diagonal must be 15 feet.

For
a rectangle, the angle created by
the two sides must be a right angle,
so you can use the Pythagorean
Theorem to find the diagonal. This will
guarantee the base is a rectangle. Since
122 + 92 = 144 + 81 = 225, and the square
root of 225 is 15, the diagonal must be
15 feet long.
24. For the barn wall to be vertical,
18. B 19. H 20. B 21. H
the pole
22. No. This can be checked using the must be the hypotenuse of a right triangle.
Pythagorean Theorem. The two sides The hypotenuse is 10 feet and one leg is
squared do not equal the diagonal 6 feet, so the other leg must be 8 feet.
squared, so the sides do not form a right This triangle has the same angles as a
angle, so it cannot be a rectangle. 3–4–5 right triangle, but it is twice a big.
The question we need to ask is, does 25. a. 4 blocks
162 + 202 equal 252, or 625? Since b. blocks. Find the length of the
256 + 400 = 656 ≠ 625, we know these
segment connecting the points. It is the
cannot be measures of a right triangle, so
hypotenuse of a right triangle with leg
this quadrilateral does not have a right angle
lengths 1 and 3. Then 32 + 12 = 10, so
between the sides measuring 16 and 20
units, which means it cannot be a rectangle. the distance is blocks.
26. Points A and B are 5 units apart.
Point F is
also 5 units from point A.

Extensions
27. 72 – 42 = 33, so x = m ≈ 5.7 m side length a. Or, you could ask them
2 2
21 – 4 = 425, so y = m ≈ 20.6 m to draw a square of side a inscribed in
28. a. Possible answer: Draw a right a circle and then to find the radius and
triangle as shown below, and use the area of the circle in terms of a.
Pythagorean Theorem to find the 29. a. The radii of the circles are 1.5,
hypotenuse, which is the radius. 2, and
2.5 units, so the areas are 1.125π, 2π
and 3.125π square units.
b. When the areas of the half circles on
both legs are added together, you
get the area of the half circle on the
hypotenuse.
30. a. Using the Pythagorean
Theorem,
you can calculate the heights of the
b. 5 units triangles as approximately 2.59, 3.46,
and 4.33 units, so the areas of the
Note: You can give additional extension triangles are approximately 3.89, 6.92,
problems to interested students. For and 10.83 square units.
example, you might ask students to find
the length of a diagonal of a square with b. When the areas of the triangles on both
legs are added together, you get the
area of the triangle on the hypotenuse.
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31. a. The areas of the hexagons are 3.89, h. 49 + 1 = 50, so a triangle with leg
6.92, and 10.83 square units (6 times the lengths 7 units and 1 unit has a
areas of the triangles in Exercise 30). hypotenuse of length units.
b. When the areas of the regular
hexagons on both legs are added
together, you get the area of the
regular hexagon on the hypotenuse.
(i.e., 23.4 + 41.6 = 65.0) 33. Yes. units is the length of
the
32. a. 1 2
+ 1 4 9 36 49 64 hypotenuse of a right triangle with leg
6 5
1
lengths of 1 unit.
1 2 5 17 26 37 50 65
0 34. No. 3 is not the sum of two
1
4 5 8
3
20 29 40 53 68 square
1 1 numbers.
9 10 25 34 45 58 73
3 8
1 2 2
35. Yes. , so just draw a
17 32 41 52 65 80
6 0 5 horizontal or
2
26
2 3
41 50 61 74 89 vertical segment with length 2 units.
5 9 4
3 4 4 10 36. Yes. units is the length of
37 52 61 72 85
6 0 5 0 the
4 5 5 11 hypotenuse of a right triangle with leg
50 65 74 85 98
9 3 8 3
lengths of 2 units and 1 unit.
b. 6 6 7 10 11 12
65 80 89
4 8 3 0 3 8 1 37. No. 6 is not the sum of two
and 9 square numbers.
c. 9 and 16 38. No. 7 is not the sum of two
square numbers.
d. 25 and 64
39. a. J(1, 1); K(4, 7)
e. 1 + 25 = 26, so a triangle with leg
lengths 1 unit and 5 units has a b. About 6.7 units. You can draw a right
hypotenuse of length units. triangle with hypotenuse JK. The length
of one leg is the positive difference
of the x-coordinates, which is 4 – 1,
or 3. The length of the other leg is the
positive difference of the y-coordinates,
which is 7 – 1 = 6. So, the length of JK
f. 36 + 64 = 100, so a triangle with
leg lengths 6 units and 8 units has a is , or approximately
hypotenuse of length 10 units. 6.7 units.
Note: In high school, students will see
the distance formula,
or
2 2 2
d = (x2 – x1) + (y2 – y1) . The
distance formula follows directly from
the Pythagorean Theorem. If you use
the segment between two points as
the hypotenuse of a right triangle,
the length of the horizontal leg will
be x2 – x1 and the length of the
vertical side will be y2 – y1, so the
g. 9 + 1 = 10, so a triangle with leg
distance between the points, which is
lengths 3 units and 1 unit has a the length of the hypotenuse, will be
hypotenuse of length units.
.

c. 2.8 units.
, or about 2.8.
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