Proving the Pythagorean Theorem

Some algebraic and geometric proofs of the best-known theorem of all time

Michele Diodati
Not Zero
Published in
9 min readNov 25, 2021

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A right triangle is a triangle in which one of the three angles is 90°. The triangle shown below is right-angled because the angle ⦣ACB between sides a and b is 90°. The side opposite the right angle, c, is called the hypotenuse.

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Michele Diodati
Not Zero

Science writer with a lifelong passion for astronomy and comparisons between different scales of magnitude.