SOLUTION: What is the Pythagorean theorem? How is it used?

Question 344395: What is the Pythagorean theorem? How is it used?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
When you have a right triangle, the sum of the squares of the shorter legs equals the square of the longest leg (the hypotenuse).

You use it to solve problems where you know 2 legs and want to solve for the hypotenuse or you know the hypotenuse and 1 leg and want to solve for the other leg.
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