SOLUTION: construct a square equal to the sum of the two given squares

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Question 291331: construct a square equal to the sum of the two given squares
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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            a² + b² = c²

Construct a right triangle whose legs are 
equal in length to the sides of the two given 
squares, a and b.  Then by the Pythagorean 
theorem its hypotenuse c will be the length 
of the side of a square equal in area to the 
sum of the areas of the two given squares.

Edwin