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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following famous Greeks developed the mathematical theorem that determines the missing side of a right triangle? (We did this in class!)
A
Pythagoras
B
Socrates
C
Archimedes
D
Hippocrates
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The sum of the areas of the two squares on the legs (a and b) equals the area of the square on the hypotenuse (c). The theorem is named for the Greek philosopher Pythagoras, born around 570 BC.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pythagoras was a teacher and a philosopher. Pythagoras found out that for a right angle triangle (with one of the angles being 90o), the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides: a2+b2=c2.

Detailed explanation-3: -Today, many people are familiar with Pythagoras because of the famous Pythagorean Theorem, which is a mathematical formula for finding the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle. It states that the sum of the squares of the two non-hypotenuse sides of the triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenuse.

Detailed explanation-4: -Few historians view the information with any degree of historical importance because it is obtained from rare original sources. Pythagoras. Historians generally agree that Pythagoras of Samos (born circa 569 BC in Samos, Ionia and died circa 475 BC) was the first mathematician.

Detailed explanation-5: -The theorem, researchers claim, came into existence much before Pythagoras and was in practice in India, China and Babylonia. They say that the ancient Indian mathematician Baudhayan, who lived around 800 BCE a clean three centuries before Pythagoras, had laid down the theorem in vedic texts.

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