Friday, June 10th

We did more stuff on triangles, specifically Pythagorean's Theorem. Remember that the longest line on a triangle is called the hypoteneuse and it is always opposite the right angle of the triangle. Pythagorean's Theorem is a^2 + b^2 = c^2, where c is always the length of the hypoteneuse. So, it is important for you to think about what each letter in the equation represents. It is NOT okay just to randomly designate a triangle length to each letter of the theorem. The c MUST always represent the longest side of the right triangle. So, if you know the longest line of the triangle but not one of the shorter sides, you know c and a or b. If you know the lengths of two sides of a right triangle but not the hypoteneuse, then you know a and b but NOT c. You can replace a and b with numbers and will find the value of c.
Mr.Jay