Intuit the Pythagorean Theorem.

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Intuit the Pythagorean Theorem.

Intuit the Pythagorean Theorem.

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  1. Laryn K. February 19, 2014 at 1:49 am

    Why is it that I hate math class, but love this?

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  2. Gints Romanovskis February 19, 2014 at 4:52 am

    +Laryn K. Because what you hate is class and not math.

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  3. Shusen Zeng February 19, 2014 at 5:04 am

    勾股定理

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  4. Sergio Pavon February 19, 2014 at 8:43 am

    Love it. Makes you think analytically. Math sharpens your mind. Thanks for the post.

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  5. Torsten Adair February 19, 2014 at 10:25 am

    James Garfield proved it with just TWO triangles.
    http://math.kennesaw.edu/~sellerme/sfehtml/classes/math1112/garfieldpro.pdf

    Now… what happens when you cross the Pythagorean Theorem (um… isn't it proven?) with the Golden Mean?   }]

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  6. Rachel Hardy February 19, 2014 at 12:33 pm

    The Pythagorean Theorem is about the only thing I remember from high school math……

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  7. Sandra Ose February 20, 2014 at 1:06 am

    +Rachel Hardy The point is to remember the reason (or more precisely – how to reason) why it's true, not the theorem itself.

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