https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-eighth-grade-math/cc-8th-geometry/pythagorean-theorem-application/v/pythagorean-theorem-3 2023-06-02T19:09:07.369858129Z Pythagorean theorem word problem: carpet If we draw the diagonal on a rectangular carpet, then its length, width, and diagonal form a right triangle. Since we know the length and diagonal measurements, we can use the Pythagorean theorem to solve for the missing width of the carpet. Sal Khan video https://cdn.kastatic.org/googleusercontent/yu5zzccGvx1c9EkgqD5u-SX3Qt42CJ2BRnvfLfSYtExN8xzpTmsAD64vGZz5qoGjBvup3ST8TRsu258UWRd_mF0 Pythagorean theorem word problem: carpet If we draw the diagonal on a rectangular carpet, then its length, width, and diagonal form a right triangle. Since we know the length and diagonal measurements, we can use the Pythagorean theorem to solve for the missing width of the carpet. https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/T0IOrRETWhI.mp4/T0IOrRETWhI.mp4 180 Pythagoras theorem real life application https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-eighth-grade-math/cc-8th-geometry/pythagorean-theorem-application/v/pythagorean-theorem-1 2023-06-02T19:09:07.369858129Z Pythagorean theorem word problem: fishing boat If we assume that the mast of a boat is at a right angle to the deck, then we can model the length of a rope stretched between the mast and deck as the hypotenuse of a right triangle. Then we can use the Pythagorean theorem to relate the lengths. Sal Khan video https://cdn.kastatic.org/googleusercontent/22gCRD837Vkb33-KqU1EhKn7rrhfmSAOggXycJrnLu-4ybDkIdPgF5UamYIBtD50PDrdaiCJkz0Qod7i2HU-JJX1nQ Pythagorean theorem word problem: fishing boat If we assume that the mast of a boat is at a right angle to the deck, then we can model the length of a rope stretched between the mast and deck as the hypotenuse of a right triangle. Then we can use the Pythagorean theorem to relate the lengths. https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/JVrkLIcA2qw.mp4/JVrkLIcA2qw.mp4 272 Pythagoras theorem real life application https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-eighth-grade-math/cc-8th-geometry/pythagorean-theorem-application/e/pythagorean-theorem-word-problems--basic 2026-03-31T14:59:02.026924717Z Pythagorean theorem word problems Use the Pythagorean theorem to solve word problems. Lindsay exercise