1.   A 14-foot ladder that is placed 5 feet from the base of the vertical rock wall just reaches the top of the entrance of the cave. How high is the cave entrance above the ground?
    A. about 9 feet B. about 13.1 feet
    C. about 14.9 feet D. about 6.2 feet
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  2.   Write a Pythagorean triple other than 3-4-5 that is in the 3-4-5 family.
    A. 6-8-9 B. 5-12-13
    C. 10-24-26 D. 9-12-15
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  3.   A rectangular state flag has dimensions 7 feet by feet. How long is its diagonal?
    A. about 3.5 feet B. about 8.9 feet
    C. about 4.3 feet D. about 6.6 feet
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  4.   Sabrina's flying disc was stuck in a tree. In order to get the flying disc down, she used a 25-foot ladder positioned 8 feet from the base of the tree. How high was the flying disc?
    A. about 17 feet B. about 23.7 feet
    C. about 33 feet D. about 68.7 feet
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  5.   Which of the following are Pythagorean triples?
    A. 10, 12, 16 B. 6, 12, 13
    C. 7, 9, 11 D. 9, 12, 15
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