Right Triangles

Some Web reading resources :

  1. Exploring Right Triangles : http://www.cogtech.com/EXPLORER/right.htm
  2. The Pythagorean Theorem : http://www.mcn.net/~jimloy/pythag.html
  3. 3-4-5 Right Triangle In Ancient Egypt : http://www.mcn.net/~jimloy/345.html
  4. Names of the Sides : http://forum.swarthmore.edu/~sarah/hamilton/ham.namesides.html

 

 

Your Assignment this week is to gain a better understanding of right triangles, their history, theory and practical use. Answer the questions below -- turn in before end of class Friday, 26 Jan 2001.

 

Questions:

  1. What are the names of the sides of a right triangle?

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  2. Explain in your own works "The Pythagorean Theorem."

 

 

 

 

 

3. Give 3 examples of how right triangles can be used to solve real world problems?