Prentice Hall Geometry
  1. From the top of a 45-ft-tall building, the angle of depression to the edge of a parking lot is 48 degrees . About how many feet is the base of the building from the edge of the parking lot?

    A right triangle has hypotenuse extending down 48 degrees from horizontal, with vertical leg measuring 45 feet.

    1. 50 ft
    2. 40.5 ft
    3. 20.7 ft
    4. 13 square root of 2 , ft
  2. What is the converse of the following statement?

    If you study in front of the television, then you do not score well on exams.

    1. If you do not study in front of the television, then you score well on exams.
    2. If you score well on exams, then you do not study in front of the television.
    3. If you do not score well on exams, then you study in front of the television.
    4. If you study in front of the television, then you score well on exams.
  3. What are the values of x and of y in the parallelogram below?

    A parallelogram has left side measuring 6y minus 55, right side measuring 15 minus y, top side measuring 3x minus 10, and bottom side measuring x + 2.

    1. x equals 3 comma . y equals 5
    2. x equals 6 comma . y equals 10
    3. x equals 6 comma . y equals 14
    4. x equals 2 comma . y equals 2
  4. In cap delta h t q , comma if m angle , h equals 72 and m angle . q equals 55 question mark what is the correct order of the lengths of the sides from least to greatest?

    1. TQ, HQ, HT
    2. TQ, HT, HQ
    3. HQ, HT, TQ
    4. HQ, TQ, HT
  5. If m angle , 2 equals , m angle 3, which statement must be true?

    Rising transversal t and falling transversal n intersect two horizontal lines, l above m. Left of t, angle 1 is below l, angle 2 above l, and angle 3 above m.

    1. l parallel to m
    2. t up tack m
    3. t up tack l
    4. m angle , 1 equals , m angle 2
  6. A bike messenger has just been asked to make an additional stop. Now, instead of biking straight from the law office to the court, she is going to stop at City Hall in between. Approximately how many additional miles will she bike?

    The old route from law office to court forms the hypotenuse of a right triangle, with new route forming legs, each 1 mile, from law office to city hall and from city hall to court.

    1. 1.4 mi
    2. 0.6 mi
    3. 2 mi
    4. 3.4 mi
  7. Which set of numbers CANNOT be the lengths of the sides of a right triangle?

    1. 3, 4, 5
    2. 8, 15, 17
    3. 6, 8, 12
    4. 7, 24, 25
  8. What is the value of y?

    A right triangle has hypotenuse measuring y and a leg measuring 8 adjacent to a 45 degree angle.

    1. 16
    2. 8 square root of 2
    3. 8
    4. 8 square root of 3

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Table of Contents

Prentice Hall Geometry Chapter 1 Tools of Geometry Chapter 2 Reasoning and Proof Chapter 3 Parallel and Perpendicular Lines Chapter 4 Congruent Triangles Chapter 5 Relationships Within Triangles Chapter 6 Polygons and Quadrilaterals Chapter 7 Similarity Chapter 8 Right Triangles and Trigonometry Chapter 9 Transformations Chapter 10 Area Chapter 11 Surface Area and Volume Chapter 12 Circles Skills Handbook Reference Visual Glossary Selected Answers Index Acknowledgments