Pythagorean Theorem and Distance Formula

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- August 20, 2012 at 1:53 pm #116
  
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  What are some creative ways of teaching/explaining this?
- October 3, 2012 at 2:33 pm #500
  
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  The Pythagorean’s came up with this rule for Pythagorean triples, good for any odd number greater than 1.
  
  (m²_{-1)/2, m, (m²+1)/2}
  
  Ex: plug in 5 for m and you get a 3, 4, 5 right triangle.
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