Group 1:

Adriana Navarro
Joel Orozco
Jasmine Soriano
Portfolio 5
The Pythagorean Theorem is only effective when applied to right triangle ABC. If
sides a and b that form the right triangle and c is the hypotenuse, then a2 + b2 = c2; where a, b
and c are the sides of a triangle then that triangle is a right triangle and c is opposite the right
angle (the hypotenuse).
In order for the Pythagorean Theorem to be true, the values of a and b must be equal to
the value of c. In this example we have used the units of an 8x8 and a 6x6 to represent the
values of a and b, as for the value of c we used a 10x10 square. When plugging in each value

we got these steps: 62 + 82 = 102 , then 36+ 64 = 100; which is 100 = 100.
For example, the Pythagorean Theorem means that the value of a2 and b2 are equal to the
value of c2 . To prove that a2 + b2 = c2 is true in a different way, we used two congruent squares
with the same number of units. As an example we will be using two 15 x 15 squares. On the first
square, you go three units down from the top left corner and draw a horizontal line. Then, you go
three units to the right from the top left corner and draw a vertical line. You should get a square
in the top left corner which will represent a2 and a bigger square diagonal from it which will
represent b2.

On the second square, you go three units down and just mark a point. Then you go three
units to the right and mark a point. Then from the top right corner, you go three units down and
mark a point. Then from the bottom right corner, you mark point three units to the left. From the
bottom left corner you mark point three units up. After marking your points, you connect them

with straight lines.

When comparing both 15x15 squares we discovered that the area of a2 and b2 is equal
to the area of c2 . Again reenforcing the Pythagorean Theorem. This was uncovered by using the
Pythagorean Theorem on the second triangle to find the length of c and then calculating the area
of c.