pythagoras works with any shape??

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i also saw this guy on instagram who made the pythagorean theorem with hexagons. here’s the video if anyone’s interested: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C35RWN5ORbu/?igsh=MTVhZGRrZWcwemx1cA==

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for the drawing i used the 3 4 5 triangle

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i was thinking about using pentagons, but i don’t think its possible

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No

Only right angles triangle

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my bad, there’s a misunderstanding. im not using pythagoras to solve any shape, but asking if the pythagoras works using any other little shapes rather than little squares

the normal way is to use little squares, like this

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Just find the length of 2 sides doesn’t matter what unit as long as they are the same unit you will know the other side length

With Pythagoras

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There are many many proofs of pythagoras theorem, and some of them use triangles around the central right triangle
I don't know if this answers your question but this page lists a few ones (the last one uses triangles) https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=math_undergraduate_theses

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Wait u want explanation of Pythagoras

Why it works?

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it does thank you

yeah, this makes sense. i tried summing the area of three similar trapeziums around a right triangle and it worked

that helps a lot guys thanks everyone

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