Question

Explain the pythagorean theorem and how we would find the hypotenuse of a triangle with legs of 6 and 8.

Answer 1

square, add, take the square root

Answer 2

For the sake of complicating it:

Define three functions:
\(f:x\mapsto\sqrt{x}\).
\(g:x \mapsto x^2\)
\(t:(a,b)\mapsto a + b\)

Then your answer is \(f(t(g(6,8)))\).

Answer 3

Seem difficult, eh?

Answer 4

a bit

Answer 5

Basically,\[c^2 = a^2 + b^2\]Where \(c\) is the hypotenuse and \(a,b\) are legs. We know that \(6,8\) are the legs.

Answer 6

So just a matter of solving \(c^2 = 6^2 + 8^2\) for \(c\).