SOLUTION: Dao - Ming drew a circle with diameter NP. She found that wherever on the circle she put point Q, triangle NQP was always a right triangle. What does this tell you about the sum of

Question 852968: Dao - Ming drew a circle with diameter NP. She found that wherever on the circle she put point Q, triangle NQP was always a right triangle. What does this tell you about the sum of NQ^2 + QP^2 for any placement of Q on this circle?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

 

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NQ^2 + QP^2 = NP^2       |Pythagorean Theorem 

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