Pythagoras' Theorem

Question 1

What is the hypotenuse?

Answer 1

It is the side of a right angled triangle that is opposite the right angle.

Question 2

What is Pythagoras’ Theorem?

Answer 2

That a^2 + b^2 = c^ or in other words that the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.

Question 3

How can you identify a right angled triangle?

Answer 3

If the triangle follows Pythagoras’ theorem then it is a right angled triangle.