2007-02-26 10:39:12 · 19 answers · asked by musicrocks 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
a to the second + b to the second = c to the second. The pythagorean Theorem is used to find a side of a triangle. C is always the longest side.
2007-02-26 10:47:36 · answer #1 · answered by sarahh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(a * a) + (b * b) = (c * c). It's a way to find the length of a side of a triangle if you already know two other sides. For an easy example: if you have a triangle where one side is 3 feet, and the other is 4 feet, how do you figure out the third side? Well, if you call a=3, and b=4, then (a squared) + (b squared) = (c squared) becomes (3 squared) + (4 squared) = (c squared) or 9+16= (c squared) so 25=(c squared) and we know that the sqaure root of 25 is 5 so c=5!
2007-02-26 10:49:40 · answer #2 · answered by Beardog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok so the just of it comes down to the
A^2+B^2=C^2
(where C represents the hypotenues[the long side that is opposite the right angle in a right triangle] and A and B the two shorter sides)
BUT THE THEOREM IS:
THE LENGTH OF THE HYPOTENUSE OF A RIGHT TRIANGLE IS EQUAL TO THE SQUARE ROOT OF THE SUM OF THE SQUARES OF THE OTHER TWO SIDES!
THAT IS MORE ALONG THE LINES OF A DEFINITION IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR....
2007-02-26 10:46:57 · answer #3 · answered by some_old_spanish_minor_in_school 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok the pythagorean theorem is where u have a triangle...u have two sides and need to find the last one...the formula is a^2+b^2=c^2 c is the hypotenus (sp?) it is across from the 90 degree angle and is always the largest angle...a & b can b used interchangeably... it doesnt matter which one is which really.
2007-02-26 10:51:25 · answer #4 · answered by R O 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a^2+b^2=c^2
a squred plus b squared equals c squared
a and b represent the hight and base of a righ triangle and c represents the hypotnuse (the long diagonal line)
this is used to find what one of these sides are when you have the two others example
hight -2 base-4 and hyponuse-c
=4+16 equals the hypotnuse squared
4+16=20 find the square root of 20 to find the size of the hypotnuse
2007-02-26 12:25:06 · answer #5 · answered by no_matter_what_89 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
2007-02-26 10:42:04 · answer #6 · answered by Hector 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A^2+B^2=C^2
That means the two legs of a right triangle have squares that equal the square of the hypotenuse when they are added together
2007-02-26 10:42:21 · answer #7 · answered by Russel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a long time ago that I did this but I think it's that the square of the adjacent side plus the square of the opposite side all square rooted equal the hypotenuse but I very well may be wrong.
2007-02-26 10:48:06 · answer #8 · answered by that_fish_spat_at_me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's A^2+B^2=C^2
b^2 will always be ur bigger number when given a set of numbers
EX: numbers 2 and 5
a^2+b^2=c^2
2^2+5^2=c^2
4+25=29
square root= 29
c=3.1
2007-02-26 10:49:54 · answer #9 · answered by ♥~Jeff Hardy's babe~♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a theory for calculating the sides of right angle triangles explained here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoras_theorem
Pyhagoras was obsessed with Triangles. He was pretty clever though and some girls dig that so he probably got plenty of action when he wasn't doing maths.
2007-02-26 10:43:37 · answer #10 · answered by Joe1664 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋