Calculating the length of the side of a right triangle

Practice Questions

GMAT Quantitative Reasoning › Calculating the length of the side of a right triangle

Questions
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A right triangle has a hypotenuse of 13 and a height of 5. What is the length of the third side of the triangle?

2

There is a big square that consists of four identical right triangles and a small square. If the area of the small square is 1, the area of the big square is 5, what is the length of the shortest side of the right triangles?

3

What is the side length of a right triangle with a hypotenuse of and a side of ?

4

Using the following right traingle, calculate the value of

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5

Calculate the length of the side of the following right triangle.

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6

A triangle has sides of length 9, 12, and 16. Which of the following statements is true?

7

The hypotenuse of a triangle has length . Which of the following is equal to the length of its shortest leg?

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