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"A" "B" Legs "C" Hypotenuse

The Pythagorean Theorem states that in a right triangle, the sum of the squares of the lengths of the two legs is equal to the square of the length of the hypotenuse. The legs are the perpendicular sides adjacent to the right angle, and the hypotenuse is the side opposite the right angle. The theorem can be used to find the length of the third side of a right triangle if two side lengths are known.

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"A" "B" Legs "C" Hypotenuse

The Pythagorean Theorem states that in a right triangle, the sum of the squares of the lengths of the two legs is equal to the square of the length of the hypotenuse. The legs are the perpendicular sides adjacent to the right angle, and the hypotenuse is the side opposite the right angle. The theorem can be used to find the length of the third side of a right triangle if two side lengths are known.

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The Pythagorean Theorem - The Pythagorean Theorem

I.

The Pythagorean Theorem states that the sum of the squares of the lengths
of the legs of a right triangle is equal to the square of the length of the
hypotenuse, or a2 + b2 = c2.

II.

The legs of a right triangle are the perpendicular sides of the right triangle,
and the hypotenuse is the side opposite the right angle. For example, in the
diagram above, the sides with lengths of a and b are the legs, and the side with
a length of c is the hypotenuse.

III.

If were given the lengths of two sides of a right triangle, we can use The
Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of the third side. Note the two
examples shown below.

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