Pythagorean Thereom
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nayagarcia on January 3, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 adjacent sides | two sides that are touching each other, sharing a common vertex |
| hypotenuse | the longest side in a right triangle; always opposite the right angle |
| legs | the two short sides on a right triangle; always adjacent to the right angle |
| opposite side | the side that is not touching, and not sharing a common vertex |
| Pythagorean Theorem | the theorem that says that in any right triangle, a2 + b2 = c2 if a and b represent the lengths of the two legs, and c represents the length of the hypotenuse |
| right triangle | a triangle with one right angle |
| square root | a number times itself that gives the number inside the bracket; the opposite of squaring a number |
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