Essential Ideas for Section 7.5
Pythagorean Theorem
For any right triangle with sides
a
and
b
and hypotenuse
c
, then
a^2 + b^2 = c^2.
Also, if
a, b,
and
c
are sides of a triangle so that
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
, then the triangle is right triangle.
