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Pythagorean Theorem 3D
This Demonstration shows (in six different ways) that the length
of the diagonal of a box with sides of length
,
, and
is equal to
.
Contributed by:
George Beck
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Pythagorean Theorem
(
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MathWorld
)
Right Triangle
(
Wolfram
MathWorld
)
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"
Pythagorean Theorem 3D
" from
the Wolfram Demonstrations Project
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/PythagoreanTheorem3D/
Contributed by:
George Beck
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