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Course: 8th grade?>?Unit 5
Lesson 4: Pythagorean theorem application- Use Pythagorean theorem to find area of an isosceles triangle
- Use Pythagorean theorem to find perimeter
- Use Pythagorean theorem to find area
- Pythagorean theorem word problem: carpet
- Pythagorean theorem word problem: fishing boat
- Pythagorean theorem word problems
- Pythagorean theorem in 3D
- Pythagorean theorem in 3D
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Pythagorean theorem word problems
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Problem
Steve is turning half of his backyard into a chicken pen. His backyard is a meter by meter rectangle. He wants to put a chicken wire fence that stretches diagonally from one corner to the opposite corner.
How many meters of fencing will Steve need?
meters