Ralph's Scribepost for December 14, 2009

Today I was assigned to do a question from the textbook.

6.
a) Write an addition statement using the
areas of these three squares.

25 + 144 = 169

b) What is the side length of each square?

5 = 1 side of 25

12 = 1 side of 144

13 = 1 side of 169

c) Describe, using words and symbols, the
relationship between the side lengths of
each square.

a* + b* = c*

*= squared

Leg + Leg = Hypotenuse

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