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In a right triangle Pythagoras (a Greek) discovered that the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.

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The pythagorean theorem can be developed from what?

distance formula!


How was pi developed?

It was developed by Pathagoris which developed the Pythagorean Theorem and it is equal to 3.14159265 roughly.


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He didn't name it. It is named after Pythagoras because he first developed the theorem.


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How do you use a Pythagorean theorem with cube?

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What is the standard form of the pythagorean theorem?

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