Dear Secondary Math students, now that you have a better visualization of the concept of Pythagoras’ Theorem from Math Lobby’s earlier Secondary Math article on Pythagoras Theorem , you might be curious whether how do we know that it holds true to the definition?
Visual proving of the Pythagoras’ Theorem
Hence, we will now take a look at how we can derive this relationship between the sides of the right-angled triangle with the hypotenuse of the triangle. Let’s say we are given a right-angled triangle of sides a & b, with a hypotenuse of c.
We will now have 4 identical right-angled triangles, pieced together to make the hypotenuse of the triangles form a smaller square out of the bigger square (See Fig. 1).
After some rearranging of the identical triangles (See Fig. 2), we are able to see that despite the number of identical triangles remained the same, the area of the smaller square (c²) in Fig. 1 is actually equivalent to the area of the two squares combined (a² + b²) (See Fig. 3).
Therefore, we can conclude that a² + b² = c² to be true.
Algebraic proving of the Pythagoras’ Theorem
Given the same right-angled triangle with sides a & b, with a hypotenuse of c, we can try to prove this algebraically as well. With reference back to Fig. 1, since we want to prove that a2 + b2 = c2 is true, let’s equate the sum of the areas of the identical triangles plus the area of the smaller square, with the area of the big square. Let’s see how it’s done:
Formula for area of triangle: ½ x base x height, and since we have 4 identical triangles:
Sum of the areas of the identical triangles + Area of the smaller square = Area of the big square
4 (½ x a x b) + c² = (a + b)²
2ab + c² = a² + 2ab + b²
After rearranging and cancelling out terms, we will end up with: a²+ b² = c²
And therefore, this is how you prove Pythagoras’ Theorem algebraically!
If you want more Secondary Math Tips, FOLLOW our Instagram page at https://www.instagram.com/mathlobbymotivation/
Visit our Website at: www.mathlobby.com
LIKE our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/mathlobbymotivation/
For more Study tips and examination strategies, visit: https://www.mathlobby.com/studytips
For more Study motivation, visit: https://www.mathlobby.com/study-motivation
Contact us via SMS/WhatsApp/Telegram/Call +65 96322202
*
*
*
#mathlobby #mathlobbymotivation #bestmathtuition #mathtuitionpotongpasir #mathtuitionsg #freemathresources #sgmaths #sgmathtutor #emath #amath #secschool #mathtutorsg #sgedu #nleveltuition #mathtuition #secondarymath #mathtutors #tuitionsg #singaporemath #sgtuition #sgstudents #sgmath #singaporetuition #mathstuition #math #maths #mathtutor #tuition #sgparents #secondaryschool
Comments