Proofs of Pythagoras

1A50.101B | Aa3
Catalog: 
1A50.101B
Location: 
Aa3
Room: 
PS F175
Quantity: 
1
  • The contents of the package. ASU copyright
  • The squares of the two sides added together. ASU copyright
  • The area is completely filled with four yellow triangles and a blue box. The hypotneuse of the yellow triangles and the side of the box is c. ASU copyright
  • The yellow triangles are rearanged. The area not covered by the yellow triangles is equal to the blue square with side c and area c^2. The small box is the square of the short leg of the triangle a and area a^2. The other box is the square of b. ASU copyright
  • The blue square has area (b-a)^2. The red triangles have area 2(ab)^2. The box that holds the blue box and 4 triangles is c^2. A little algebra with show c^2=a^2+b^2. ASU copyright
Date Added: 
Monday, August 19, 2002 - 12:00am
Description: 

A set of three transparent models that can be used to prove the Pythagorean Theorem algebraically and by inspection.

Purpose: 
To show a proof for the Pythagorean theorem.