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At the end of The Wizard of Oz, the Scarecrow earns his diploma. He then says, “The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side”. How should this statement of the Pythagorean Theorem correctly read?

A. The sum of the squares of any two sides of a right triangle is equal to the square of the shortest side.
B. The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the largest side.
C. The difference of the squares of any two legs of a right triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenuse.
D. The sum of the squares of any two legs of a right triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenuse.

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Answer:

D

Explanation:

The sum of the squares of any two legs of a right triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenuse.

User Samantha Blasbalg
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The statement given above of the Pythagorean Theorem correctly read as
The sum of the squares of any two legs of a right triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenuse
because as we know that Pythagorean theorem is expressed like thata2+b2=c2
so option D is correct
hope it helps
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