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| Jun11-03, 10:37 AM | #1 |
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Pythagoras Theorem
to work out a traingle side e.g. 52
is it we first times the 3 by its self to get 9 and then we times the 4 x 4 to get 16. then we take away the difference to get 52? 9 + 16 = 25 Formula 32 + 42 = 52 is this correct? |
| Jun11-03, 04:29 PM | #2 |
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What you said was a little confusing, but here is a link to a simple statement of pythogrean's thereom:
http://scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/Math/Pythagoras.html |
| Jun11-03, 06:30 PM | #3 |
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To work out the hypoteneuse's (the side which does not end in a 90 degree angle) length, you square the first side and add it to the square of the second side. Then take the square root of the third side.
a2 + b2 = c2 32 + 42 = c2 9 + 16 = c2 c2= 25 c = [squ]25 c = 5 |
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