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Longer
Short Leg Hypotenuse
(a) a2 Leg b2 (c) c
2
(b)

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Pythagorean Relationship
· the relationship between the side measures of a right
triangle.
· the sum of the areas of the squares attached to the
legs of a right triangle equals the area of the square
attached to the hypotenuse.
2 2 2
· a +b =c

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