Which of the following options is a Pythagorean Identity

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MWinstead · Answer 1 · 2019-12-08T06:49:02+0000

None of them really, but C is equivalent to the Triognometric Pythagorean Theorem:

$(\sin x + \cos x)^2 = 1 + 2 \sin x \cos x$

$\sin^2 x + 2 \sin x \cos x + \cos ^2 x = 1 + 2 \sin x \cos x$

$\sin^2x + \cos ^2x = 1$

That's the Trigonometric Pythagorean Theorem

Answer: C