It's sort of funny because I just so happened to be going over this in my 2A class. The Pythagorean Theorem describes the relationship among the three sides of a right triangle. In any right triangle, the sum of the areas of the squares formed on the legs of the triangle equals the area of the square formed on the hypotenuse: a2 + b2 = c2.
cbfitz46578:
The longest side of the triangle is equal to c2. Most of the time, when given equations they will give you at least of of the answers to one of the sides, or they will give you two.
ThisGirlPretty:
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cbfitz46578:
Each triangle adds up to 180. so if c2 is equal to lets say 52 degress, and b2 is equal to 72, then all you have to do is add those together and subtract from 180. which will give you the result of a2 being equal to 56 degrees.
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jhonyy9:
@cbfitz46578 wrote:
Each triangle adds up to 180. so if c2 is equal to lets say 52 degress, and b2 is equal to 72, then all you have to do is add those together and subtract from 180. which will give you the result of a2 being equal to 56 degrees.
so like a first attention on what you say
because c is the hypotenuse and b just a leg so c^2 need be greatest than b^2
but with the pythagorean theorem about what you talk yes you are in the right way