Pythagoras Theorem
Move the points A B or C. What do you notice about the areas of a, b and c?
Move the points A, B or C and see how the values are changing.
A square is constructed on each side of the triangle. The area of each square is shown. Write down an expression for finding the side AC? Hint: Use the area.
Write down an expression to find the side AB
What is the side, c, called?
Question: Find the missing side c in the triangle below?
![[b][size=150]Use the Pythagoras theorem to find the missing side.
[/size][/b]Hint: This time its a short side we are trying to find, not the hypotenuse.](https://stage.geogebra.org/resource/jztxxev6/GMl7eO5361AunocG/material-jztxxev6.png)
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