There are several different proofs on the web page below.
I remember visiting another web page with about fifty different proofs, but I can't find it again.
2007-01-10 00:56:46
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answer #1
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answered by Anonymous
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pythagoras theorem - ABsquare+ BCsquare=ACsquare
and only for right angled triangles
hehehe the simplest and the most easiest[ childish ] proof is-
let AB=3and BC= 4 and AC=5
AB square=9 and BCsquare=16
ABsq.+BCsq.=9+16=25=ACsq.
hence the theorem is proved isnt it? hehehe
2007-01-10 09:21:33
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answer #2
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answered by Deranged Soul.. 2
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Pythagorean Theorem
72 Proofs
Click on the URL below for additional information concerning Pythagorean Theorem Proofs
www.cut-the-knot.org/pythagoras/index.shtml
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2007-01-10 09:15:10
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answer #3
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answered by SAMUEL D 7
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See for the proofs the link below:
2007-01-10 08:59:09
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answered by merankh 1
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I can't write that here completely!!!!!
Check out these links, some of them are higher level though
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/pythagoras/index.shtml
http://mathforum.org/isaac/problems/pythagthm.html
http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:opedoKhXd1cJ:www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/concepts/historyandmathematics/act1wks.pdf+prove+pythagoras+theorem&hl=en&gl=in&ct=clnk&cd=6
http://www.sunsite.ubc.ca/DigitalMathArchive/Euclid/java/html/pythagoras.html
http://www.sunsite.ubc.ca/DigitalMathArchive/Euclid/java/html/pythagoras.html
2007-01-10 09:00:52
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answer #5
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answered by amudwar 3
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we can use vectors
assume we have vector AC perpendicular to vector AB
BC^2 = (vector BC)^2 = (vectorAC - vectorAB)^2
= (vectorAB)^2 + (vectorAC)^2 - 2(vectorAB)(vectorAC)
= AB^2 + AC^2 - 2 AB*AC*cos BAC
= AB^2 + AC^2 (cosBAC = 0 )
2007-01-10 09:45:31
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answer #6
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answered by James Chan 4
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http://www.cut-the-knot.org/pythagoras/index.shtml
2007-01-10 09:34:37
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answer #7
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answered by kelly 3
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distance formula
2007-01-10 08:55:17
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answer #8
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answered by Brad J 2
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