1.   Find the missing measure in a right triangle if a = 9 ft and b = 12 ft.
    A. 17 ft B. 15 ft
    C. 10 ft D. 13 ft
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  2.   Find the missing measure to the nearest tenth.
   
    A. 48 B. 6.9
    C. 6 D. 8.9
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  3.   A 12-ft ladder is placed 5 feet from a building. Approximately how high does the ladder reach?
    A. 8 ft B. 10 ft
    C. 13 ft D. 11 ft
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  4.   Find the missing measure to the nearest tenth.
   
    A. 8.5 units B. 4.0 units
    C. 34.1 units D. 5.8 units
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  5.   Many baseball diamonds have 90 feet between each of the bases. At each base, one must turn 90? to get to the next base. So the points at home plate, first base, and second base form a right triangle. To the nearest foot, how long is the hypotenuse, which is the distance between home plate and second base?
   
    A. 90 feet B. 8100 feet
    C. 162 feet D. 127 feet
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