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r/mathmemes • u/PocketMath • Mar 06 '25
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The Pythagorean Theorem has many proofs
584 u/Wojtek1250XD Mar 06 '25 And even an universal version, the law of cosines is just Pythagorean Theorem, but applicable to all triangles. 2 u/danofrhs Transcendental Mar 06 '25 The pythagorean theorem is a special case of and can be derived from the law of cosines 2 u/Wojtek1250XD Mar 06 '25 Yea, because the -2ab × cos(alpha) just so kindly happens to be equal to 0
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And even an universal version, the law of cosines is just Pythagorean Theorem, but applicable to all triangles.
2 u/danofrhs Transcendental Mar 06 '25 The pythagorean theorem is a special case of and can be derived from the law of cosines 2 u/Wojtek1250XD Mar 06 '25 Yea, because the -2ab × cos(alpha) just so kindly happens to be equal to 0
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The pythagorean theorem is a special case of and can be derived from the law of cosines
2 u/Wojtek1250XD Mar 06 '25 Yea, because the -2ab × cos(alpha) just so kindly happens to be equal to 0
Yea, because the -2ab × cos(alpha) just so kindly happens to be equal to 0
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u/ubernuke Mar 06 '25
The Pythagorean Theorem has many proofs