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It's to do with The Greek mathematician called Pythagoras. He was into trangles, particulary right angles ones, where he came up with a theory that relates the lengths of each side in a right angle triangle.

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The Pythagorean theorem applies to right-angled triangles. It states that the square of the length of the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.

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To what geometric shape does pythagorean theorem apply?

A right Triangle


What shape does the pythagorean theorem apply to?

A right angle triangle.


To what geometric shape does the pythagorean theorem apply?

A right angled triangle.


What geometric shape does pythagorean theorem apply?

It applies to right triangles ... any triangle, in a flat plane, that has one right angle in it.


What shape does the Pythagorean theorem use?

The Pythagorean theorem uses the right triangle.


What does the pythagorean theorem apply to?

right angled triangles


When does the Pythagorean theorem apply?

With right angle triangles


Does the pythagorean theorem only apply to right triangles?

Yes.


Does Pythagorean Theorem apply to triangles?

Yes. But only right triangles.


Does the Pythagorean theorem apply in spherical geometry?

Yes is you are using only straight ines, no if you are using arc segments.


What shape other than a triangle did president Garfield use in his proof of the Pythagorean theorem?

its obvious lines a triangle has lines doesn't it


How can you make a sentence with the word pythagorean?

usually Pythagorean is named after pythagoras