Question

How can you prove the Pythagorean theorem?

Answer 1

contact Pythagoras... his number is 559-never u mine...

Answer 2

joke....!!!

Answer 3

lol, but seriously plz help

Answer 4

u know trignometry??

Answer 5

Some

Answer 6

many different variations on the proof actually... i've seen mostly graphical ones...

Answer 7

I wan to know how to do it using similar triangles

Answer 8

http://www.cut-the-knot.org/pythagoras/index.shtml

Answer 9

Thanks so much panlac01!

Answer 10

i like the one using the Law of cosines myself because the pythagorean theorem is actually a specific case of the law of cosines...

Answer 11

i like it using sin and cos .....its simplest :P

Answer 12

yw. there are many ways to prove it, and has tons of uses to prove other formulas.