Pithagorean Theorem?

Question

What is the correlation between right triangles and the Pythagorean Theorem?

Answer 1

In a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the legs.

Answer 2

The Pythagorean theorem is used to find the 3rd side of a right triangle. It means that in all right triangles the relationship between sides is always the the sum of the 2 shorter sides squared a^2+b^2 is equal to the third side or longest side or the hypoteneuse squared =c^2. So given the length of any 2 sides of a right triangle you could use this formula and algebraically solve it to find the third side.

Answer 3

The pythagorean theorem is BASED on right triangles.

Answer 4

Hi. Two of the sides, the shorter two, when squared and added together, equal the square of the longest side. The correlation is that this applies only to right triangles.

Answer 5

It is simply x^2 + y^2 = r^2, where r is the length of the side opposite the right angle, and x & y are the lengths of the other two sides of the triangle. Mind you, this formula ONLY works for RIGHT TRIANGLES, where one of the three angles of the triangle equals exactly 90 degrees.

Answer 6

a^2 + b^2 = c^2, for a and b are two different legs of the triangle and c is the hypotenuse

Answer 7

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

Answer 8

measure of the leg squared plus the measure of the other leg squared equals the measure of the hypotenuse squared

Answer 9

Hsq=Asq + Bsq

Answer 10

Pythagorean Theorem

c² = a² + b²

c² = Hypotenuse

a² = Opposite side

b² = adjacent side

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