Question

Which of the following states the Pythagorean Theorem? . . a. for an isosceles triangle, if a, b, c are the sides of the triangle with c being the hypotenuse, then a^2+b^2=c^2. b. for an acute triangle, if a,b, and c are the sides of the triangle with c being the hypotenuse, then a^2+b^2=c^2. c. for an obtuse triangle, if a, b, and c are the sides of the triangle with c being the hypotenuse, then a^2+b^2=c^2. d. for a right triangle, if a, b, and c are the sides of the triangle with c being the hypotenuse, then a^2+b^2+c^2

Answer 1

d. for a right triangle, if a, b, and c are the sides of the triangle with c being the hypotenuse, then a^2+b^2+c^2

Answer 2

The answer to the question above is letter D. However, the equation should be written as, a² + b² = c² where a and b are the shorter legs and c is the hypotenuse. Pythagorean theorem is only applicable for right triangles. All the rest of the choices are false.