Question

Look at the figure.



Under what conditions will the triangle formed by the three squares be a right triangle?

Area of Square 2 is equal to the perimeter of Square 3.

Area of Square 3 is equal to the perimeter of Square 1.

Difference of the area of Square 2 and Square 3 is equal to the area of Square 1.

Difference of the area of Square 1 and Square 2 is equal to the area of Square 3.

Answer 1

@Mertsj

Answer 2

have you heard of the Pythagorean Theorem?

Answer 3

yes

Answer 4

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

Answer 5

To what does that apply?

Answer 6

D

Answer 7

When do you use the Pythagorean Theorem?

Answer 8

to find the missing side length

Answer 9

Missing side length of what? a square....a rectangle...what?

Answer 10

triangle

Answer 11

All triangles?

Answer 12

right triangles

Answer 13

So you have just told me that the sum of the squares of the legs is equal to the square of the hypotenuse only for right triangles.

Answer 14

So, if that is a right triangle, wouldn't the sum of the squares of the legs be equal to the square of the hypotenuse?

Answer 15

And which are the legs? Which is the hypotenuse?

Answer 16

nevermind it was C right? I got the hypotenuse confused with 3 when it was 1

Answer 17

Square 2 + Square 3 = Square 1

Answer 18

Which means: Square 1 - Square 2 = Square 3 or
Square 1 - Square 3 = Square 2