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    The document provides an algebraic proof of the Pythagorean theorem using the law of cosines. It states that for a triangle with sides a, b, c and opposite angles A, B, C, the Pythagorean theorem can be derived algebraically as c^2 = a^2 + b^2 - 2abcos(C) based on the relationship between a triangle's sides and angles defined by the law of cosines.

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    The document provides an algebraic proof of the Pythagorean theorem using the law of cosines. It states that for a triangle with sides a, b, c and opposite angles A, B, C, the Pythagorean theorem can be derived algebraically as c^2 = a^2 + b^2 - 2abcos(C) based on the relationship between a triangle's sides and angles defined by the law of cosines.

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    The document provides an algebraic proof of the Pythagorean theorem using the law of cosines. It states that for a triangle with sides a, b, c and opposite angles A, B, C, the Pythagorean theorem can be derived algebraically as c^2 = a^2 + b^2 - 2abcos(C) based on the relationship between a triangle's sides and angles defined by the law of cosines.

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    Proof

    A modern proof, which uses algebra and is quite unlike the one provided by Heron (in his book Metrica), follows. Let a, b, c be the sides of the triangle and A, B, C the angles opposite those sides. We have

    by the law of cosines. From this proof get the algebraic statement:

    The altitude of the triangle on base a has length bsin(C), and it follows

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