Play a few times with [ this applet ] and I promise you'll never forget the proof of Pythagoras' Theorem again. Ok, just one of the dozens of proofs, but the proof in the applet is the original one. The requirements for understanding the proof are 1) the formula for the area of a triangle: area = ( base * height )/2 and 2) the area of a triangle does not change if the triangle is rotated.
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Thursday, August 2, 2007
Pythagoras' Theorem
Play a few times with [ this applet ] and I promise you'll never forget the proof of Pythagoras' Theorem again. Ok, just one of the dozens of proofs, but the proof in the applet is the original one. The requirements for understanding the proof are 1) the formula for the area of a triangle: area = ( base * height )/2 and 2) the area of a triangle does not change if the triangle is rotated.
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