In a right angled triangle:
Pythagorean Theorem states that the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
c2 =a2 + b2
Examples:
1. The size of a TV screen is given by the length of its diagonal. Jose won a Samsung LCD TV from a raffle in Gaisano Mall. The dimensions of the screen is 16 inches by 14 inches What is the size of Jose’s TV screen?
2. A 20 foot ladder is leaning against a vertical wall. If the foot of the ladder is 8 feet from the wall, how high does the ladder reach?
3. During the Enhanced Community Quarantine where there is a price increase of vegetables in the market, many people started to make their own vegetable garden at home. Ana made a rectangular garden 6 meters wide and has a diagonal of 10 m. find the perimeter of Ana’s garden.
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