Pythagorean Theorem

By Katherine VanMeter
Last updated about 6 years ago
15 Questions

Who is said to have created the formula of the Pythagorean Theorem? Why is it questioned who created the formula? How did the Formula become established?


What kind of triangle does the Pythagorean Theorem relate to?

Where is Pythagoras from?

What is the Pythagorean formula?

Leg (A-B) is 5 meters and hypotenuse (B-C) is 13 meters, what is the length of the other leg (A-C)?

You MUST have a scalene triangle in order to use the Pythgorean Theorem.

A ladder is places 3ft away from the side of the house. The ladder comes up to 4ft on the side of the house. How long is the ladder?

A 15ft tree casts a shadow that is 8ft long. What is the distance from the tip of the tree to the tip of its shadow?

A right triangle has two legs and one hypotenuse.

Sydney won a lap top in a fundraiser raffle and the height of the computer is 10in and the length is 24in (the length and height of the computer form a right angle). Find the diagonal length of the laptop.

If one leg equals 6in and the other legs equals 8in, what is the length of the hypotenuse?

A scalene triangle has one leg equal to 16cm and the other leg is 12cm what is the hypotenuse?

If the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the square root of 130in and one of the legs is equvilant to 9in, what is the length of the other leg?

It is said that oxen where sacrificed when the Pythagorean Theorem was discovered.

Pythagoras founded the Pythagorean School of Mathematics in Cortona.