The formula states that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the base and altitude. Plane and Solid Geometry - Page 204by Webster Wells, Walter Wilson Hart - 1916 - 467 pagesFull view - About this book
| Philosophy - 1871 - 396 pages
...material bodies or in the infinite world of conceivable atoms ; and so, also, the theorem that the square upon the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares upon its other two sides, is necessary in its truth, and universal in its application,... | |
| William Chauvenet - Geometry - 1871 - 380 pages
...the diameter and the segment adjacent to that chord. PBOPOSITION XIV.— THEOREM. 48. The square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. Let ABC be right angled at C; then, AB' = A For, by the preceding... | |
| William Chauvenet - Mathematics - 1872 - 382 pages
...the diameter and the segment adjacent to that chord. PROPOSITION XIV.— THEOREM. 48. The square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. Let ABC be right angled at C; then, IB* = AC-' + BC\ For, by the... | |
| Samuel Mecutchen, George Mornton Sayre - Arithmetic - 1877 - 200 pages
...corners; what is the area of the field? Note. — It is established by Geometry that "The square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides." Hence the following : — To find the hypotenuse of a right triangle.... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - Geometry - 1883 - 326 pages
...squares of two lines is 81, and one of the lines is 12; required the other. THEOREM XL The square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. Let ABC be a right triangle, whose hypotenuse is AB; then will... | |
| Charles Austin Hobbs - Arithmetic - 1889 - 370 pages
...triangle, when the sides are respectively 12cm, 15cm, and 20cm. RIGHT TRIANGLES. ito. The square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. This principle is illustrated in the annexed diagram. To find the... | |
| James Wallace MacDonald - Geometry - 1894 - 76 pages
...SCHOLIUM. Compare (a + b) (a — b) = a1 — 63. Proposition XI. A Theorem. 246. The square described on the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two - sides. COROLLARY. The square described on either side forming the right... | |
| James Wallace MacDonald - Geometry - 1889 - 80 pages
...SCHOLIUM. Compare (a + b) (a — b) = a* — P. Proposition XI. A Theorem. 246. The square described on the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. COROLLARY. The square described on either side forming the right... | |
| Edward Albert Bowser - Geometry - 1890 - 420 pages
...projection of AB upon the line XY Proposition 25. Theorem. 327. The square of the number which measures the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the numbers which measure the other two sides. Hyp. Let ABC be a rt. A , with rt. Z... | |
| Charles Ambrose Van Velzer, George Clinton Shutts - Geometry - 1894 - 522 pages
...polygons equals the ratio of the squares of two homologous sides. PROPOSITION IX. The square described upon the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described upon the other two sides. PROPOSITION X. The square described on the sum of two... | |
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