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The Pythagoras tethered was found by a mathematician from Italy called Pythagoras who is said to be the first ever true mathematician. He was also the first to teach that the Earth is a sphere that revolves around the Sun. This how the Pythagoras thorium is defend: A thorium stating that a square of a hypotenuse of a right angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. Formula that Pythagoras discovered: A² + B² = H² H To Check that each of the following sets of numbers satisfy a Similar condition of the (Smallest)²+ (middle)² = (largest number)² 1) a) 5,12,13 a²+b²=h² 5²+12²=h² 25+144=169 169= 13 I put these figures in the formula for the Pythagoras theorem to find that these numbers do satisfy the condition (Smallest)²+ (middle)² = (largest number)² l) b) 7,24,25 a²+b²=h² 7²+24²=h² 49+576=625 625=25 After finding that they are Pythagoras...

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