SOLUTION: what is the pythagorean theorem?

Question 390850: what is the pythagorean theorem?

Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It states that, for any right triangle with legs and and hypotenuse that

. This is an immediate result from the Law of Cosines. Here are some Wikipedia articles about the Pythagorean theorem and the Law of Cosines:

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