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This diagram is used to prove the Pythagorean Theorem, and to show that the purple square - the green square = the red square

This diagram is used to prove the Pythagorean Theorem, and to show that the purple-example-1
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It is true since the area of the square whose side is the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the areas of the other two squares.
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