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(David Martin's edit introduced errors. It is stated that way in high-school textbooks, but I think the traditional way is better in all respects that I can think of. See Wikipedia's article on this.)
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In [[Euclidean geometry]], the '''Pythagorean theorem''' states that the sum of the squares of the legs of a [[right triangle]] equals the the square of the [[hypotenuse]].
In [[Euclidean geometry]], the '''Pythagorean theorem''' states that the sum of the areas of the squares on the legs of a [[right triangle]] equals the area of the square on the [[hypotenuse]].


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Revision as of 21:38, 15 May 2007

In Euclidean geometry, the Pythagorean theorem states that the sum of the areas of the squares on the legs of a right triangle equals the area of the square on the hypotenuse.

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