Make conjectures about the Pythagorean Theorem in this visual activity.
[i]Answer these open ended questions on your own or with others to form deeper math connections. [/i]
Move the slider to the right-most position, and use the button that appears to show the side lengths of the squares. For each of the three squares, write an expression to represent its area.
What is the relationship between the areas of the three squares?
If you know the lengths of the two short sides of a right triangle, how could you find the length of the longest side (hypotenuse)?[br]