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Question

Ha ha ha! Tricked you! But really ... Can anybody explain pyagorus theory? Please I really want to know

Answer 1

Hi dear Fluffy chick

The Pythagorean Theorem? It's a^2 + b^2 = c^2.

If there's a right triangle, and a and b are the two "legs" (the shorter sides), and c is the hypotenuse (the longest side).

http://www.bearnol.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Math/pythagor.html

Good Luck dear

Answer 2

Hey, ya got my attention!

Pythagoras said that a right triangle (with a 90 deg angle, a "square corner") will obey this rule:

hypotenuse squared = one side squared + other side squared.

Hypotenuse is the side across from the right angle.

This equation is often used to find the value of the hypotenuse from values for the other sides which have been given:

c = sqrt ( a^2 + b^2 ), where c is the hypotenuse, a is one side and b, the other.

Try and example. Let "a" and "b" equal 3 and 4. Squaring these gives 9 and 16 which is 25, added together. Taking the square root of 25 gives 5.

If a and b are both one, then added together, they form two, the square root of which is the hypotenuse. So any 45/45 right triangle has a hypotenuse equal to one of the sides times the square root of two.

Answer 3

Pythagoras theorem only works with right angle triangles. That's triangles where one angle is 90 degrees or what you'd call a square corner. (Not trying to patronise just being thorough)

You measure the two shortest sides (the ones next to the right angle) and multiply them by themselves (or what is called squaring them), so for example.

If one side is length 4cm and the other is 3cm, you multiply the 4cm by itself (or a quicker way of saying this is to say square the 4cm)

4cm times 4cm is 16cm sq

and multiply the 3cm by itself (or a quicker way of saying this is to say square the 3cm)

3cm times 3cm is 9cm sq

You add these two numbers together

9cm sq plus 16cm sq is 25cm sq

Now measure the longest side, which is opposite the right angle and is called the Hypotenuse. You will find the length is 5cm. Multiply 5cm by itself (or a quicker way of saying this is to say square the 5cm) and you get

5cm times 5cm is 25cm sq which is the same as you got from adding the other two numbers (the squares of the other two sides)

What Pythagoras actually said is: -
"The Square of the Hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides" I hope that I've explained this.

Answer 4

pythagoras' theorem states that in any right angled triangle,
the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides

that is,in a right angled triangle ABC if c is the hypotenuse

c^2 = a^2+b^2

if a,b and c are three positive integers,this is known as the
pythagorean triple- examples 3,4,5 and 5,12,13

if you have m>n, the formula for a pythagorean triple is
a=m^2-n^2, b=2mn and c=m^2+n^2 where m,n are integers
m>and = 2

i hope that this helps

Answer 5

Pythagoras thereom = The sum of the square root of the opposite and hypoteneuse is equal to the side when there is a right angle in the trainagle.

Answer 6

i will assume you mean Pythagoras - one line is 3 inches (ft,meters,whatever), another one going perpendicular(like starting to make a square) is 4 - that means that from one end of one line to the end of the other line will be 5 // u can make them multiples also (3x3=9, 4x3=12,5x3=15 - meaning one line 9 ft., one line 12 ft. will have the two points measuring 15 ft)

Answer 7

To hard to explain on a Sunday evening but go to the link below and it might help....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_theorem

I hope it worth a point or two for the effort....... good luck understanding it. :)

Answer 8

pyagorus theory is a way of explaining huge pies and daft questions. tee hee!!

Answer 9

No. thks for 2 points.

Answer 10

pythagaros therom is ... the sum of the hypotanuse is the sum of the squared of the other 2 sides