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Since the Pythagorean Theorem deals with the relationship among the lengths of

the sides of a right triangle, it is altogether fitting and proper, and a fortuitous

coincidence, that the variables in the algebraic statement of the Theorem stand for

the lengths of the sides of a right triangle.

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