I have done the segment 1 pratice exam
Answer: 37 units
Step-by-step explanation:
This also works as the height of the triangle.
This also works as the base of the triangle.
Let's call pink ''a'', and blue ''b''. The side we're looking for ''c'' is the hypothenuse.
To find the values of a and b, use the area formula of a square and solve for a side. In this case, since we're going to need the squared values, this step can be omitted.

![s=\sqrt[]{A}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=s%3D%5Csqrt%5B%5D%7BA%7D)
Let's work with Blue.
![s=\sqrt[]{144units^2} \\s=12units](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=s%3D%5Csqrt%5B%5D%7B144units%5E2%7D%20%5C%5Cs%3D12units)
Now Pink.
![s=\sqrt[]{1225units^2}\\s=35units](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=s%3D%5Csqrt%5B%5D%7B1225units%5E2%7D%5C%5Cs%3D35units)
So we have a triangle with a base of 35 units and a height of 12 units.
Now let's use the pythagoream's theorem to solve.
![c^2=a^2+b^2\\c=\sqrt[]{a^2+b^2} \\c=\sqrt[]{(12units)^2+(35units)^2}\\c=\sqrt[]{144units^2+1225units^2}\\ c=\sqrt[]{1369units^2}\\ c=37units](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=c%5E2%3Da%5E2%2Bb%5E2%5C%5Cc%3D%5Csqrt%5B%5D%7Ba%5E2%2Bb%5E2%7D%20%5C%5Cc%3D%5Csqrt%5B%5D%7B%2812units%29%5E2%2B%2835units%29%5E2%7D%5C%5Cc%3D%5Csqrt%5B%5D%7B144units%5E2%2B1225units%5E2%7D%5C%5C%20c%3D%5Csqrt%5B%5D%7B1369units%5E2%7D%5C%5C%20c%3D37units)
This is fairly simple. Divide 2,871,000 by 10 and that's your answer!

Also, since you're dividing by a factor of 10 (or in this case, <em>10</em>) you can just take away as many places as are zeros in the number you're dividing from. This works for <em>10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, etc. </em>In this case, since there is only one zero in 10 you only take away one place marking, which gives you 287,100.