WHAT IS THE PYTHAGOREAN

THEOREM AND HOW DO WE

USE IT TO ANALYZE RIGHT
TRIANGLES?
lesson
• Simplifying radicals warmup
• Pythagorean theorem notes and
practice
Definition of a Right Triangle – a triangle
with exactly one right angle.
The hypotenuse is always across from the
right angle and is always the longest side.
The legs are always the two sides that
form the right angle and are
shorter than the
hypotenuse.
legs
Pythagorean Theorem – In a right
triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is
equal to the sum of the squares of the
two legs.

a +b =c
2 2 2
c
a

b
Example 1

c
6 c
3
8
6 8  c
2 2 2
4
36  64  c 2

100  c 2

c  10
 10
5 c a

8
12
a +b =c
2 2 2

a b c
3 4 5
6 8 10
9 12 15
5 12 13
10 24 26
8 15 17
7 24 25
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