Elementary Geometry for College Students (6th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 9781285195698
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-569-8

Chapter 5 - Section 5.4 - The Pythagorean Theorem - Exercises - Page 241: 35

Answer

Proven

Work Step by Step

We have to prove $c^{2} = a^{2} + b^{2}$ on putting given values $ a^{2} + b^{2 }= (p^{2}-q^{2})^{2} +(2pq)^{2}$ $= p^{4}+ q^{4}-2p^{2}q^{2}+4p^{2}p^{2}$ $= p^{4}+ q^{4}+2p^{2}q^{2}$ $=( p^{2}+q^{2})^{2}$ $= c^{2}$ hence proved
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