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What is the Pythagorean
Theorem and what’s it used for?

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The Pythagorean Theorem is used to solve for the hypotenuse of a right triangle.

The formula for solving it is
a^2 + b^2 = c^2, as a represents one side of the triangle, and b represents the other side. C is the hypotenuse as which we are trying to solve for.

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