Pythagorean Theorem

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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?

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What kind of triangle does the Pythagorean Theorem relate to?

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Where is Pythagoras from?

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What is the Pythagorean formula?

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

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

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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?

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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?

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A right triangle has two legs and one hypotenuse.

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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.

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

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

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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?

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

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Pythagoras founded the Pythagorean School of Mathematics in Cortona.