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Do YOU know Pythagoras' Theorem to the fifth decimal place?

[media=https://youtu.be/1oi6iPCkwCc]

And besides getting the name wrong, he didn't get further than 3 decimal places and got the 3rd one wrong at that. 🤦
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
If that is what they were asked, without numerical values.....

If they think you can quote a non-numerical, Pure Geometry theorem to even one decimal place, they are lost from the start!

Still, the screen-shot alone reveals the gormless level of the context.......

You and I know why, but for anyone who does not, here it is:

For a right-angled triangle of sides A, B and Hypotenuse H;

H^2 = A^2 + B^2.

- and it works whether all 3 sides are of integer lengths (e.g. 3:4:5) or involve fractions whose decimal places might matter!
@ArishMell It's a video, not a screenshot. But he was wrong on so many levels... 🤦
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@NerdyPotato Yes, I realised it's quoted from a video, but my point was the sheer ignorance of the writer of the question it displays.
@ArishMell it's not from a video, it's a video. And I think it was a spontaneous moment, not a scripted/written question. Or did you mean me?