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Question 4 - Figure it out - Page 52, 53, 54 - Chapter 2 Class 8 - The Baudhayana-Pythagoras Theorem (Ganita Part 2)
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Ganita Prakash Class 8 - Part 1, 2
Chapter 2 Class 8 - The Baudhayana-Pythagoras Theorem (Ganita Part 2)
- Doubling a square
- Halving a square
- Hypotenuse of an Isosceles Right Triangle
- Decimal Representation of โ2
- Figure it out - Page 39, 40
- Formula for Hypotenuse of an Isosceles Right Triangle
- Combining Two squares
- Baudhฤyanaโs Theorem on Right-angled triangles
- Pythagorean triples
- Figure it out - Page 50
- A Long-Standing Open Problem
- Further Applications of the Baudhฤyana - Pythagoras Theorem
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Figure it out - Page 52, 53, 54
Transcript
Question 4 Is the hypotenuse the longest side of a right triangle? Justify your answer.Yes! By Baudhaฬyana-Pythagoras Theorem c2 = a2 + b2 Now, Since the square of the hypotenuse (๐^2 ) is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two positive numbers. Because you are adding two positive amounts together to get ๐^2,๐^2 must be strictly larger than both ๐^2 and ๐^2. Therefore, ๐ must be larger than both ๐ and ๐.
