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To: kosta50
>>Prove what? That the hypotenuse value squared is exactly the sum of the squares of the sides?

Yes. To whatever degree of accuracy you use.

No.

Call Scientific American, the Pythagorean Theorem has been revoked.

Just when I thought you couldn't dig any deeper...

80 posted on 04/12/2010 4:35:14 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: D-fendr
Yes. To whatever degree of accuracy you use

The relationship is true only if the angle is a perfect 90-degree angle. Under any other circumstance it is not true.

Call Scientific American, the Pythagorean Theorem has been revoked

Maybe you need to call them to tell them it's not a theorem. A theorem applies to something based on axiomatic assumptions. In this case, that the angle is at absolute 90 degrees. Under any other circumstance the theorem is not true.

86 posted on 04/12/2010 10:08:30 PM PDT by kosta50 (The world is the way it is even if YOU don't understand it)
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