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Patterns and Proofs

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Pythagorean Theorem

You might know it as an equation that tells you the relationship between the sides of a right triangle.

Take any right triangle, if you know 2 of the sides, then you can find the 3nd side.

But we can also understand the relationship of the sides with pictures.

Check out this little video:

What is the Pythagorean Theorem?

The video shows it works for Post-It notes, but how about any triangle?

Check out some visual proofs in the wonderful video below.

Video of visual proofs