0
Still curious? Ask our experts.
Chat with our AI personalities
Beau
Ezra
TaigaAdd your answer:
Earn +20 pts
When does the Pythagoran theorem apply?
Any time there is a right triangle. The rule of a2+b2=c2 applies to the two legs squared = the hypotenuse.
What is a pythagorean therem used for?
Its often used to find the hypotenuse of a triangle. A squared + b squared would be the sides and the = c squared part that is most of the time what we want to solve for is the hypotenuse. However, you can also use pythagorean therem to solve any triangle side with the same triangle described above.
What is the distance between 5 -2 and 10 5?
Please use the Pythagoran property: calculate the square root of ((difference in x-coordinates)2 + (difference in y-coordinates)2).
When adding two vectors at right angles is the resultant of the vectors the algebraic sum of the two vectors?
No. Vectors add at rightangle bythe pythagoran theorem: resultant sum = square root of (vector 1 squared + vector 2 squared)
What was Fermat's original proof of his last theorem?
Fermat's last theorem says there does not exist three positive integers a, b, and c which can satisfy the equation an + bn = cn for any integer value of n greater than 2. (2 with be pythagoran triples so we don't include that) Fermat proved the case for n=4, but did not leave a general proof. The proof of this theorem came in 1995. Taylor and Wiles proved it but the math they used was not even known when Fermat was alive so he could not have done a similar proof.
