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" 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. "
Second-year Mathematics for Secondary Schools - Page 215
by George William Myers - 1910 - 282 pages
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Fundamentals of High School Mathematics: A Textbook Designed to Follow ...

Harold Ordway Rugg, John Roscoe Clark - Mathematics - 1919 - 394 pages
...fcFir'' ft? a right triangle when the other h " HYPOTENUSE RULE, OR LAW which states that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides, or, in the above problem, that A2 = 362 + 282. This relation between...
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Were You Ever a Child

Floyd Dell - Education - 1919 - 218 pages
...true? If it is, why do you teach your children the multiplication table, or the rule that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides — unless in order to save them the trouble of thinking? By the...
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Number: From Ahmes to Cantor

Midhat J. Gazalé - Mathematics - 2000 - 340 pages
...Hippasus was bom. The famous theorem that Pythagoras ascribed to his name states that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. (In Figure 4.3a, the area of the square erected on the hypotenuse...
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Encyclopedic Dictionary of Semiotics, Media, and Communications

Marcel Danesi - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2000 - 284 pages
...geometry, the great discovery of the school was the Pythagorean theorem, which states that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. In astronomy, the Pythagoreans were the first to consider the earth...
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The Good Life: Alternatives in Ethics

Burton F. Porter - Philosophy - 2001 - 336 pages
..."parallel lines never meet" (in Euclidean geometry), "bachelors are unmarried males," or "the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides." Is it, therefore, a matter of intuitive awareness whereby we experience...
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SAT: The Very Best Coaching and Study Course for the Scholastic Assessment ...

Robert Bell, Suzanne Coffield, George DeLuca, Joseph Fili, Anita Price Davis, Marilyn Gilbert, Bernice E. Goldberg - Study Aids - 2000 - 1014 pages
...the other sides. The key here is to apply the Pythagorean Theorem, which states that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. PROBLEM Consider the line given below B D where AD = 30 and AB...
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The Convergence of Theology: A Festschrift Honoring Gerald O'Collins, S.J.

Gerald O'Collins - Religion - 2001 - 420 pages
...example. I have never heard of any rational person who both understood and rejected the claim that the square on the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the sides. But it is hard to think of any arguments for substantive philosophical conclusions,...
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The Atoms Of Language: The Mind's Hidden Rules Of Grammar

Mark C Baker - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2008 - 290 pages
...of which it has had no adequate experience. For example, we know with certainty that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the remaining sides. This is an extremely practical and well-tested piece of knowledge,...
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Discourses on Algebra

Igor R. Shafarevich - Mathematics - 2002 - 300 pages
...side and diagonal of a square using the famous Pythagorean theorem: the area of the square constructed on the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the areas of the two squares constructed on the other two sides of the triangle. Or, in other words,...
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Managers as Mentors: Building Partnerships for Learning

Chip R. Bell - Business & Economics - 2002 - 214 pages
...the Pythagorean theorem (for those who used it in high school and then filed it away: the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides). He had no overhead projector, handouts, or textbook. He needed...
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