The Pythagorean Theorem

Question 1

What is the Pythagorean Theorem?

Answer 1

The sum of the squares of the lengths of the legs of a right triangle equals the square of the length of the hypotenuse.

Question 2

What is a Pythagorean Triple?

Answer 2

A set of three nonzero whole numbers that fit the Pythagorean Theorem.

Question 3

How do you solve a Pythagorean Theorem Problem?

Answer 3

You solve like normal but you need to check that it fits a triangle that follows the Pythagorean Theorem.