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There is only one pythogerous theorem

2006-07-26 20:47:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

In a way, there are countably infinite many.

Let's say you have a point at (a,b) in the 2-diminsional plane, and you want to find the square of the distance to the origin (call this c^2). It is given by the pythagorean theorem equation:
a^2+b^2=c^2.

Now, let's say you want to do the same thing in 3-diminsional space with the point (a,b,c). Then d^2=a^2+b^2+c^2.

And in 4-D, we have e^2=a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2

This can be continued for ever. So there are infinitely many cases.

Something else that may be interesting:

Lets say we want to find the distance between the point a and 0 on the number line. The 1-D pythagorean theorem give b^2=a^2. Since distance will always be given by a positive number, we can take the square root of both sides. Therefore we have b=√(a^2)=|a|. Which is the known distance formula in 1-D.

To find all the distances above, you can just take the square root, and remember that the right hand side is a distance and therefore positive.

2006-07-19 16:26:48 · answer #2 · answered by Eulercrosser 4 · 0 0

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2006-07-19 14:43:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The only Pythagorean Theorem was developed by Pythagoras(582-507B.C)

2006-07-19 15:02:14 · answer #4 · answered by Caffeinated 4 · 0 0

Just the one major one of a^2 + b^2 = c^2... Though the Pythagoreans were a mystical mathematical society who studied all kinds math, so I'm sure they discovered more than that!

2006-07-19 14:46:25 · answer #5 · answered by Chris 2 · 0 0

Just the one. By Pythagorus

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

2006-07-19 14:45:52 · answer #6 · answered by Blunt Honesty 7 · 0 0

1 but there are other formulas that can do the same thing.

2006-07-19 14:45:46 · answer #7 · answered by Cable guy 3 · 0 0

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