SOLUTION: ok i am doing Graphic representation of radicals of the second order. I am trying to learn how to make squares into a hypotenuse right angle. it say to represent graphically.it sa

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Question 78774: ok i am doing Graphic representation of radicals of the second order. I am trying to learn how to make squares into a hypotenuse right angle. it say to represent graphically.it says thatthe length of the hypotenuse of a right angle is epual to the square root of the sum of the squares of the lenghts of the other two sides. the first problem is the square of 26.
Answer by mathdoc314(58) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

How about this
Draw right triangle with its two perpendicular sides having lengths 5 and
One foolproof way to do this would be to draw a rectangle 5x1 and then draw
the diagonal through it, then erase half the rectangle on one side
of that diagonal.
You can draw a big square 5x5 on the longer leg having area 25, and a little square 1x1 on the shorter leg having area 1, and then another square on the hypoteneuse (the diagonal) and it will have area 26 insofar as the Pythagorean Theorem has any validity to it.