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Easiest way of visualising the pythagorean theorem is to think about it the way it was initially written: think about areas formed by tree squares. This image[
by lagadu 8y ago
Easiest way of visualising the pythagorean theorem is to think about it the way it was initially written: think about areas formed by tree squares.
This image[0] from wikipedia shows it all: the area of square a plus the area of square b equals the area of square c. It's just really convenient that we can use that to calculate triangle sides without resorting to trigonometry.
[0] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Pythagorean.svg/260px-Pythagorean.svg.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Py...
- caseymarquis 8y agoI find that that's a terrible way of visualising the theorum, as it offers no indication of why the theorem is true. I much prefer the below picture: https://www.mathalino.com/sites/default/files/images/01-pythagora.jpg https://www.mathalino.com/sites/default/files/images/01-pyth... It could be improved by putting -(ab/2) inside the triangles, but I'm on mobile, so making something is out of the question.