1.   Find the length of the missing side to the nearest hundredth.
   
    A. 3 B. 9.43
    C. 6.24 D. 4.87
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  2.   Which side measures do not form a right triangle?
    A. 5, 12, 13 B. 10, 12, 15
    C. 9, 40, 41 D. 3, 4, 5
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  3.   Consider a right triangle whose height is 12 feet and whose hypotenuse is 15 feet. What is the area of the triangle?
    A. 180 feet B. 54 feet
    C. 90 feet D. 108 feet
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  4.   Which of the following is not a necessary condition of all right triangles?
    A. a < b B. The square of the length of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the lengths of the legs.
    C. a2 + b2 = c2, where c is the length of the hypotenuse, and a and b are the lengths of the legs. D. The largest angle is 90°.
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  5.   Consider two items. Item A is the length of a side of a right triangle whose hypotenuse is 30 and whose other side is 24. Item B is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle whose legs have lengths of 12 and 15. What is true?
    A. Item A is greater. B. cannot be determined from given information
    C. Item A = Item B D. Item B is greater.
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