Pythagoras' Theorem
By: Seth Yoshioka-Maxwell
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Pythagoras was a great Mathematician who was the first to create the music scale of today. He also created theorems. One of his most famous theorem was:

a2+b2=c2

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This theorem shown in the diagram was created by Dundeny. You start with a generic right angled triangle. The hypotenuse is labeled c. The bottom of the triangle is b. And the remaining side is labled a. Now draw squares off each side of the triangle (see diagram 1). Take the square from side b and insert it in the center of the square side c (see diagram2). The remaining edge of the side c square is the same area as the side a square (see diagram 3 & 4). This proves that a2+b2=c2.
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