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#1 2006-11-28 08:06:27
- ambert.
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I need help!!!!
:|I need help BAD we are learing about Pythagorean's Theorem and I don't get it. Maybe could someone try to explain it to me
#2 2006-11-28 08:26:01
- MathsIsFun
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Re: I need help!!!!
If you have a right-angled triangle, and draw squares on each side, the two smaller squares have (together) exactly the same area as the big square: Pythagoras Theorem
This means there is a way to find out the length of one side when you know the other two, and this then means ther are all sorts of wonderful things you can do.
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