Pythagorean Theorem Examples Whole Numbers. Open endedwrite an equation that can be solved by taking the square root of a perfect square. And this is the other of the shorter sides.
A 2 + b 2 = c 2. A pythagorean triple is a set of positive integers, a, b and c that fits the rule:. Little is known of his life, and in fact he may be a composite figure to whom the discoveries of many different people have been attributed by his followers.
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Identify the legs and the hypotenuse of the right triangle. \[ a^{2} + b^{2} = c^{2} \] solve for the length of the hypotenuse c Using the pythagorean theorem formula for right triangles you can find the length of the third side if you know the length of any two other sides. Or, the sum of the squares of the other two sides is the same as the square of the longest.