Pythagorean+Problems

To get from point A to point B you must avoid walking through a pond. To avoid the pond, you must walk 34 meters south and 41 meters east. To the //nearest// //meter//, how many meters would be saved if it were possible to walk through the pond?
 * [[image:http://regentsprep.org/regents/Math/fpyth/pond.gif width="366" height="237"]]

|| **Choose:** 22   34  53    75  || || **Choose:** 90.0    127.3  180.0  180.7 || ||  In a computer catalog, a computer monitor is listed as being 19 inches. This distance is the diagonal distance across the screen. If the screen measures 10 inches in height, what is the actual width of the screen to the //nearest inch//? || **Choose:** 10   14  16  19  ||
 * [[image:http://regentsprep.org/regents/Math/fpyth/baseball.gif width="215" height="156"]] ||  ||  A baseball diamond is a square with sides of 90 feet. What is the shortest distance, to the //nearest tenth// of a foot, between first base and third base?
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|| **Choose:** 3   4  4.5  5  ||    ||   Seth made a small rectangular table for his workroom. The sides of the table are 36" and 18". If the diagonal of the table measures 43", is the table square? A table which is "square" has right angles at the corners.  ||    **Choose:**  Yes        No  ||
 * [[image:http://regentsprep.org/regents/Math/fpyth/doghouse.gif width="123" height="115" align="right"]] || Oscar's dog house is shaped like a tent. The slanted sides are both 5 feet long and the bottom of the house is 6 feet across. What is the height of his dog house, in feet, at its tallest point?
 * [[image:http://regentsprep.org/regents/Math/fpyth/j0073826.gif width="150" height="60"]] ||^  ||