document.write( "Question 590177: Im in 8th grade and im in a bit of trouble because my math teacher he doesent teach so well so i changed teachers and she is alot better than him but i dont understand the pythagorean theorem is there anyone that could help? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "The pythagorean Theorem is about Right triangles
\n" ); document.write( "and no other kind.
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\n" ); document.write( "A right triangle is one that has a 90 degree angle
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\n" ); document.write( "It helps to picture, or better yet, draw what the
\n" ); document.write( "Pythagorean Theorem says.
\n" ); document.write( "It says that the square ON the hypotenuse is equal
\n" ); document.write( "to the sum of the squares ON the other 2 legs
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\n" ); document.write( "So, once you draw the squares on the 3 sides, the
\n" ); document.write( "theorem say that if you add up the areas of the
\n" ); document.write( "2 smaller squares, it equals the area of the
\n" ); document.write( "larger square.
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\n" ); document.write( "There are some whole number squares, like the
\n" ); document.write( "3-4-5 right triangle
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+3%5E2+%2B+4%5E2+=+5%5E2+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+9+%2B+16+=+25+\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "The theorem works in both directions:
\n" ); document.write( "If you've got a right triangle, the formula has to work
\n" ); document.write( "and if the formula works, you must have right triangle
\n" ); document.write( "Hope this helps
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