SOLUTION: i get the Pythagorean theorem, but the exponents confuse me. I tried a guess and check, but that confused me even more. sincerely, Forrest Balman

Question 106979This question is from textbook
: i get the Pythagorean theorem, but the exponents confuse me. I tried a guess and check, but that confused me even more.
sincerely, Forrest Balman This question is from textbook

Answer by HyperBrain(694) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I'll explain this stuff...

draw first any right triangle.

Let a=the vertical line segment
____b=the horizontal line segment
____c=the diagonal line.

The phytagorean theorem states that

In other words----the sum of the squares of a and b is equivalent to the square of c.

So, the phytagoren theorem, can be restated that,

Power up,
HyperBrain!
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