This is very cool, I’ve never seen that before! Another easy way to see this theorem is to use tiles and build squares off of each side of a right triangle. For instance, if you have a 3, 4, 5 right triangle, build a 3×3 square off of side a, which has an area of 9 square units. Then build another square (4×4) off of side b, which will have an area of 16 square units. Finally build a square using side c (5×5 square), which will have an area of 25 square units. Which of course is the same 9 + 16 =25.
Jennifer
That is awesome!! Thanks for making feel like a math dork all over again! Hubby didn’t get it!
Crystal Rice
This is very cool, I’ve never seen that before! Another easy way to see this theorem is to use tiles and build squares off of each side of a right triangle. For instance, if you have a 3, 4, 5 right triangle, build a 3×3 square off of side a, which has an area of 9 square units. Then build another square (4×4) off of side b, which will have an area of 16 square units. Finally build a square using side c (5×5 square), which will have an area of 25 square units. Which of course is the same 9 + 16 =25.