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Proving Pythagoras Theorem and that ancient Greeks were pre8y good - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Proving Pythagoras Theorem and that ancient Greeks were pre8y good - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Proving Pythagoras Theorem and that ancient Greeks were pre8y good at mathema9cs We start with a triangle of a par9cular type. c a b What is the area of this rectangle? c a b a Split that rectangle so that we can b c have two
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a b c
What is the area of this rectangle?
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a b c c a b
Split that rectangle so that we can have two of the original triangles and a new right angled triangle
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a b c c f a b e
Fill in the gap with another right angled triangle to make another rectangle.
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a b c c a b e f
Mirror one rectangle to make a larger one
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a b c c a e e f
Can you work
- ut the area of
each set of shapes?
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