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He came up with the infamous Pythagoras' Theorem, which states that the square of the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides:

a2 = b2 + c2 ; where a is the hypotenuse.

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What theorem on triangles did Pythagoras find?

He didn't find any theorem !!! However, the mathematical eq'n bearing his name was known to earlier civilisation , such as the Egyptians, and the Sumerians. However, he introduced and published his eq;n into the western civilisation. The eq'n is ;- h^(2) = a^(2) + b^(2) That is the hypotenuse squared is equal to the sum of the other two sides squared. It only refers to right angled triangles.


Does pythagoras' theorem work for all triangles?

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Who develop a theory about right triangles?

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What Pythagoras' famous theorem involve?

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What triangles does Pythagoras theorem include?

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Why was Pythagoras interested in triangles?

Pythagoras was interested in triangles when he found out that for any right angle triangle that when its hypotenuse is squared it is equal to the sum of its two squared sides.


What key idea did Pythagoras propose.?

It was Pythagoras' theorem regarding the properties of right angle triangles


Is Pythagorean theorem always a right triangle?

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Who developed a theory about right triangles in ancient Greece?

Pythagoras


What sorts of shapes can you use Pythagoras rule?

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What did the sixth-century philosopher Pythagoras?

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