There is only one pythogerous theorem
2006-07-26 20:47:37
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answer #1
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answered by Anonymous
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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
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answered by Eulercrosser 4
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2006-07-19 14:43:41
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answered by Anonymous
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The only Pythagorean Theorem was developed by Pythagoras(582-507B.C)
2006-07-19 15:02:14
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answered by Caffeinated 4
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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
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answered by Chris 2
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Just the one. By Pythagorus
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
2006-07-19 14:45:52
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answered by Blunt Honesty 7
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1 but there are other formulas that can do the same thing.
2006-07-19 14:45:46
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answered by Cable guy 3
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