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The Greek mathematician, mystic and scientist Pythagoras is best known for the Pythagorean theorem, which concerns what?

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The Greek mathematician, mystic and scientist Pythagoras is best known for the Pythagorean theorem, which concerns what?
posted Feb 18, 2016 by Atif

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Pythagorean theorem says - In a right-angled triangle , the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the perpendicular and the base.

Or lets understand if hypotenuse of a right angle triangle is c and perpendicular & base is a and b respectively then as per Pythagorean theorem -
a^2 + b^2 = c^2

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Pythagorean theorem

answer Mar 7, 2016 by Vikash Singh
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