Essays Tagged: "Right triangle"
Pythagorean Theorem
rs of sides of triangles are functions of the angles. The basis for mensuration of triangles is the right-angled triangle. The term trigonometry means literally the measurement of triangles. Trigonome ... s Fermat's Last Theorem and the theory of Hilbert space. The Pythagorean Theorem asserts that for a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sid ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics
Biography of the greek mathematician Pythagoras
ional numbers, and proved the Pythagorean Theorem. This stated that when the two shorter sides in a right triangle were squared and then added, it would equal the square of the longest side or hypoten ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics
Greece and all about thier life styles.
ade a formula (a2+b2=c2); this formula is used to calculate the relationship between the sides of a right triangle. Euclid was a Greek mathematician and is often called the father of geometry. He put ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
A summary of the work and discoveries made by Pythagoras and the Pythagorians.
Pythagoras theorem states that the sum of the squares of the lengths of the two adjacent legs of a right angle triangle is equal to the square of the length of the hypotenuse.a" + b" = c"The sum of s ... rates how the Greeks used such proofs.Pythagoras theorem can also be used for triangles that aren't right. Then it goes:c" = a" + b" - 2ab
Subjects: Science Essays
Pythagoras of Samos and his mathematical theories.
theories and a list of them are given below:(i) The sum of the angles of a triangle is equal to two right angles. Also the Pythagoreans knew the generalization which states that a polygon with n sides ... knew the generalization which states that a polygon with n sides has sum of interior angles 2n - 4 right angles and sum of exterior angles equal to four right angles.(ii) The theorem of Pythagorean - ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics
Essay on the square root of 2
covering the irrationality of the square root of two. This proof uses Pythagoras' theorem that in a right triangle, a2 + b2 = c2 .If a=1, and b=1 then 2= c2. Then c=√2 and then you must find c. ... ntradicts that a / b is irreducible as stated in (2).The discovery of the square root of two was a frightening thing to the Pythagoreans however we can now thank them for our wonderful math classes to ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics
Lab report on the effects of rolling a cd car down an incline.
els, and dowels as axles. Then obtain a ramp and measure a length on it to use as a hypotenuse on a right triangle. Then select a height and measure it to calculate the angle of the ramp. Then, using ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Physics