what is Pythagorean Theorem?
It's the theorem that helps you find the hypotenuse of a right angles triangle.
The length of the hypotenuse rather :)
a^2 +b^2= c^2|dw:1389709418461:dw|
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Where c is the length of the hypotenuse :)
The pythagorean thereom is an equation you can solve to find the missing leg length of a triangle. Here is the equation: \[a^{2} + b^{2} = c^{2}\] |dw:1389709499222:dw|
keep in mind the Pythagorean theorem only applies to right triangles.
For an isosceles triangle, if a, b, and c are the sides of the triangle with c being the hypotenuse
For an acute triangle, if a, b, and c are the sides of the triangle with c being the hypotenuse,
For an obtuse triangle, if a, b, and c are the sides of the triangle with c being the hypotenuse,
For a right triangle, if a, b, and c are the sides of the triangle with c being the hypotenuse
For a right triangle, if a, b, and c are the sides of the triangle with c being the hypotenuse
There you can write a^2+b^2=c^2
The above is called the Pythagoras theorem. And an interesting fact about this theorem that the Babylonians knew the proof/existence of this a lot earlier than Greek mathematician: Pythagoras.
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