The best thing to do here is to draw diagram and draw the appropiate triangle for what is being asked. It does not matter where you place your point on the base because any point will produce the same result.  We know that the center of the base of the cylinder is 3 inches away from the base (6/2). We also know that the center of the cylinder is 5 inches from the base of the cylinder (10/2). So we have a right triangle with a height of 5 inches and a base of 3 inches. So using the Pythagorean Theorem 3² + 5² = c². 34 = c², c = √(34).

The correct answer is 5. The pythagorean theorem states that a² + b² = c². So in this case 3² + 4² = C². So C² = 25 and C = 5. This is also an example of the common 3-4-5 triangle. 

We are told that the lengths form a series of consecutive even integers. Because even integers are two units apart, the side lengths must differ by two. In other words, the largest side length is two greater than the second largest, and the second largest length is two greater than the smallest length. 

The second largest length is equal to x. The second largest length must thus be two less than the largest length. We could represent the largest length as x + 2. 

Similarly, the second largest length is two larger than the smallest length, which we could thus represent as x – 2. 

To summarize, the lengths of the triangle (in terms of x) are x – 2, x, and x + 2.

In order to solve for x, we can make use of the fact that the triangle is a right triangle. If we apply the Pythagorean Theorem, we can set up an equation that could be used to solve for x. The Pythagorean Theorem states that if a and b are the lengths of the legs of the triangle, and c is the length of the hypotenuse, then the following is true:

a² + b² = c²

In this particular case, the two legs of our triangle are x – 2 and x, since the legs are the two smallest sides; therefore, we can say that a = x – 2, and b = x. Lastly, we can say c = x + 2, since x + 2 is the length of the hypotenuse. Subsituting these values for a, b, and c into the Pythagorean Theorem yields the following:

(x – 2)² + x² = (x + 2)²

The answer is (x – 2)² + x² = (x + 2)².

Because this is a right triangle, we can use the Pythagorean Theorem which says a² + b² = c², or the squares of the two sides of a right triangle must equal the square of the hypotenuse. Here we have a = 5 and b = 8.

a² + b² = c²

5² + 8² = c²

25 + 64 = c²

89 = c²

c = √89

By the Pythagorean Theorem, 21² + 72² = hyp². Then hyp² = 5625, and the hypotenuse = 75. If you didn't know how to figure out that 75² = 5625, that's okay. Look at the answer choices. We could easily have squared them and chosen the answer choice that, when squared, equals 5625.

Sam and John have walked at right angles to each other, so the distance between them is the hypotenuse of a triangle.  The distance can be found using the Pythagorean Theorem.

First let's calculate how far Daria walks. This is simply 1 mile north + 1 mile east = 2 miles. Now let's calculate how far Ashley walks. We can think of this problem using a right triangle. The two legs of the triangle are the 1 mile north and 1 mile east, and Ashley's distance is the diagonal. Using the Pythagorean Theorem we calculate the diagonal as √(1² + 1²) = √2. So Daria walked 2 miles, and Ashley walked √2 miles. Therefore the difference is simply 2 – √2 miles.

To answer this question without plugging all five answer choices in to the Pythagorean Theorem (which takes too long on the GRE), we can use special triangle formulas. Remember that 45-45-90 triangles have lengths of x, x, x√2.  Similarly, 30-60-90 triangles have lengths x, x√3, 2x.  We should also recall that 3,4,5 and 5,12,13 are special right triangles.  Therefore the set of sides that doesn't fit any of these rules is 6, 7, 8.

This can be solved with the Pythagorean Theorem.  

6² + 4² = c²

52 = c²

c = √52 = 2√13

Because we are told this is a right triangle, we can use the Pythagorean Theorem, a² + b² = c². You may also remember some of these as special right triangles that are good to memorize, such as 3, 4, 5.  

Here, 6, 8, 11 will not be the sides to a right triangle because 6² + 8² = 10^2.