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About Pythagoras
Pythagorean Theorem
Examples
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c is always the...

Hypotenuse

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When did Pythagoras live from?

c. 570 - c.495 B.C. (75)

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What do you do to get the square root on a calculator?

You press the 2nd button, then the x2 button, then write your number. Then press the equal sign

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Either find the missing length or see if the three lengths make a right triangle. Okay?

Yes, oh sleep deprived lordship.

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What did I use to learn more about Pythagoras?

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a and b are referred as...

legs

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How many children did Pythagoras have?

Probably 4 (3 sons and a daughter)

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What is the equation for the Pythagorean Theorem?

a2+b2=c2

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32+22=52

9+4=25?   13 is not equal to 25

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What did I use for the Pythagorean Theorem basics and Easy questions?

My notebook

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when the numbers are on the same side, you...

Add

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What other discoveries did Pythagoras supposedly make and in what subject?

He supposedly discovered that in music that notes could be shifted into mathematical equations.

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What is the converse of the Pythagorean Theorem?

"If the sides of a triangle have lengths a, b, and c such that c2=a2+b2, then the triangle is a right triangle"
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102+242=c2

100+576=c2  square root of 676 = c    26=c

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when the numbers are not on the same side, you...

subtract

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Who is a possible tutor of Pythagoras?

Hermodamas of Samos

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What is the step by step process of the theorem if the numbers are on the same side?

Square the numbers, add the squares, then square root the sum. Your answer is ___ = c

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122+92=152?

144+81=225? 225=225

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what is the inverse of squaring?

Square rooting

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What is metempsychosis?

It means the "transmigration of souls". Apparently, it "holds that every soul is immortal and, upon death, enters into a new body." (2nd paragraph in the wiki link)

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What is the step by step process of the theorem if the numbers are not on the same side?

Square the numbers, subtract the leg number from the hypotenuse, square root the difference. The answer is ___ = a/b

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172+b2=192

289+b2=361  361-289=b2    square root of 72=b   8.5=b

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What is my last source?

My frying brain