Geometric proof for the Pythagorean Theorem

This idea was taken from a MAV (Maths Association of Victoria) workshop which was lead by Dr Ng Wee Leng (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore). His approach was to use the TI-Nspire calculator, but I thought it would be nice to see it animated on free software such as GeoGebra.

 

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animation  proof  pythagoras  pythagorean  theorem 
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15 – 18
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English (United Kingdom)
 
 
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