Pythagorean Theorem
By Irma Crespo
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Name ItLabel
The Right Angle
True or False
Pythagorean Triples.
The Missing Side
Just the Facts
c2 = a2 + b2
What is the hypotenuse of a right triangle?
What are the legs of a right triangle?
What is sum of the legs of a right
triangle?
What is the Pythagorean
Theorem?
c2 = a2 + b2
verbal model
What is the square of the length of the
hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the
lengths of the legs in a right triangle?
Isosceles Triangle
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Given positive integers m,n such that m > n.
? = (2mn)2 + (m2 – n2)2
What is (m2 + n2 )2?
c2 = a2 + b2
applies to right triangles.
The hypotenuse is the shortest side of
a right triangle.
In a right triangle, the cube of the length of
the hypotenuse is equal to the cube of
the legs.
A right triangle has 90o angle.
The length of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the legs in a
right triangle.
What is triangle BAC or ∆BAC ?
What is line segment c?
What is perpendicular line r?
The hypotenuse of a right triangle is found ______________ the 900
angle.
What is opposite?
Book:
Larson, Boswell, and Stiff. McDougall Littell Geometry. 2001.