Visual Proof of Pythagorean Theorem
- Author:
- kosband, Jennifer Talavage
For a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse length c equals the sum of the squares
of the leg lengths a and b. This visual proof was developed by Jennifer Talavage, who was
inspired by Stephen Kent Stephenson.
The area c2 of the big square before transformation clearly equals the
sum a2 + b2 of the two smaller squares after transformation.