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

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: 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) About Me  (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

a%5E2+%2B+b%5E2=c%5E2

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,
%28a%2Aa%29+%2B+%28b%2Ab%29=c%2Ac

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