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#2 2005-07-03 22:28:11
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Re: What is da Pythagoros theorem
You have 3 sides of a right angled triangle.
The longest is the hypotenuse.
We'll call it C.
C is the only line not touching the right angle, where A and B do. A and B can be either of the remaining sides.
The theory goes; A squared + B squared = C squared.
Example; A = 3, B = 4 and C =5.
A squared = 9
B squared = 16
C squared = 25
9+16=25.
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#3 2005-07-04 14:26:36
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A right angled triangle is one in which one of the angles is 90 degrees.
Pythagoras theorem states that the sum of the square of the two sides is equal to the square of the longest side, i.e. the hypotenuse.
You can also think of it this way.
The total of the area of the squares formed by the two shorter sides of a right angled triangle would be equal to the area of the square formed by the longest side.
The first reply has given you one of the possibilities.
There are many more.
eg (5,12,13)
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#4 2005-07-05 02:19:06
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Here's something weird that I found out whilst doing some coursework: if one of the sides is one unit less than the hypotenuse, the other side has a length equal to the square root of the other two sides' sum.
e.g. 3²+4²=5² --> 3²=4+5
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#5 2005-07-05 08:47:54
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Well, ganesh's example (5,12,13) should qualify:
5² = 12+13 YES! ... how interesting. I wonder why.
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#6 2005-07-05 08:49:54
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Zach and ganesh are right, of course, the Pythagoras Theorem is just:
For a Right-Angled Triangle, if you take the length of the longest side (the hypotenuse) and square it (multiply it by itself) then that will be the same value as adding up the squares of the other two sides:
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A | \ C
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B
A²+B²=C²
Try it with any size triangle, so long as there is a right angle in it!
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#7 2005-07-06 15:23:50
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The three values of the sides of a right angled triangle are also called a Pythagorean Triple.
A Pythagorean triple is a set of three whole numbers , such that one number squared added to another number squared equals the third number squared. Euclid could prove that there are an infinite number of such Pythagorean triples.
Euclid's proof begins with the observation that the difference between successive square numbers is always an odd number.
4 - 1 = 3, 9 - 4 = 5, 16 - 9 = 7, 25 - 16 = 9, 36 - 25 = 11, 49 - 36 = 13 etc.
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#8 2005-07-06 17:51:32
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Yes, because they are on the growing sides of a square:
The difference between 3² and 4² is the X's below:
OOOX
OOOX
OOOX
XXXX
So, how many X's do we need to add to grow the square from 3x3 to 4x4? Answer: 3+3+1
Likewise, to go from a 4x4 to 5x5 needs:
OOOOX
OOOOX
OOOOX
OOOOX
XXXXX
How many X's? 4+4+1
Hehe
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#11 2005-07-07 00:49:41
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mathsyperson wrote:
Here's something weird that I found out whilst doing some coursework: if one of the sides is one unit less than the hypotenuse, the other side has a length equal to the square root of the other two sides' sum.
e.g. 3²+4²=5² --> 3²=4+5
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#12 2005-07-07 01:14:11
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My favourite book is called 'The seer and the Sword' by Victoria Hanley.
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#14 2005-07-07 08:23:27
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I like "False memorys" by Dean R. Kuntz
#15 2005-07-07 20:31:56
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Wow. I Love "Mort" too.
AND SO DO I
Eeek!
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#17 2005-07-08 00:54:30
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Zach, you aren't banned!!!!!
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#18 2005-07-08 01:11:19
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I concur. Very good for confusing people though. Well done!
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It wanted to be normal.