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8th grade (Illustrative Mathematics)

Course: 8th grade (Illustrative Mathematics) > Unit 8

Lesson 6: Lesson 6: Finding side lengths of triangles
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8th grade (Illustrative Mathematics)
Unit 8: Pythagorean theorem and irrational numbers
Lesson 6: Finding side lengths of triangles
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Use area of squares to visualize Pythagorean theorem

CCSS.Math: 8.G.B.7
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Problem

The areas of the squares adjacent to two sides of a right triangle are shown below.
What is the area of the square adjacent to the third side of the triangle?
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3, slash, 5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7, slash, 4
  • a mixed number, like 1, space, 3, slash, 4
  • an exact decimal, like 0, point, 75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12, space, start text, p, i, end text or 2, slash, 3, space, start text, p, i, end text
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