A 15-meter by 23-meter garden is divided into two sections. Two sidewalks run along the diagonal of the square section and along the diagonal of the smaller rectangular section.

The longest side of an isosceles obtuse triangle measures 20 centimeters. The other two side lengths are congruent but unknown.What is the greatest possible whole-number value of the congruent side lengths?
Which set of numbers can represent the side lengths, in millimeters, of an obtuse triangle?
In the diagram, WZ=.





The lengths of two sides of a right triangle are 12 inches and 15 inches. What is the difference between the two possible lengths of the third side of the triangle? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
Triangles A B C and X Y Z are shown. Angles A B C and X Y Z are right angles. Angles B A C and Y X Z are congruent. The length of A B is 5, the length of A C is 13, and the length of B C is 12.




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A corner of a rectangle is cut, creating a trapezoid.

In parallelogram RSTU, SW = 4 cm, WT = 6 cm, RS = 5 cm, and ST = 7 cm.

Building A and building B are 500 meters apart. There is no road between them, so to drive from building A to building B, it is necessary to first drive to building C and then to building B.

Triangle Q R S is shown. Angle Q R S is a right angle. Angle R S Q is 30 degrees and angle S Q R is 60 degrees. The length of R S is 5 StartRoot 3 EndRoot, the length of S Q is 10, and the length of R Q is 5.





Triangle R S T is shown. Angle T R S is a right angle. The length of R T is 5, the length of R S is 12, and the length of hypotenuse S T is 13.





Kari is flying a kite. She releases 50 feet of string. What is the approximate difference in the height of the kite when the string makes a 25o angle with the ground and when the string makes a 45o angle with the ground? Round to the nearest tenth.
The diagram shows the shape of a plot of land that Maria will use for her garden.

Kite ABCD represents a softball field that is being built.
To support a tree damaged in a storm, a 12-foot wire is secured from the ground to the tree at a point 10 feet off the ground. The tree meets the ground at a right angle.
The equation can be used to find the length of .

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