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Saturday, April 19, 2014

Pythagorean Theorem

This video does a great job of explaining what the Pythagorean Theorem is and how to use the formula.  It helps you remember how to find the hypotenuse of the triangle (it's the longest word, so it's the longest side!).  I would like to use this video in the future as a review for students.  

Something that I had forgotten about using the Pythagorean theorem is that you must find the square root before you have your answer! It's important to remember that the unknown integer of the leg or hypotenuse that your trying to find is squared, so you must simplify your answer.

Here are a couple of examples of the Pythagorean Theorem in action!



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