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!30 POINTS! How can I use this trapezoid to prove the Pythagorean Theorem?

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stiks02 [169]2 years ago

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Answer:

Pythagorean Theorem: c2 = a2 + b2

Find the area by adding the areas of the three triangles. The area of a right triangle is: A = ½bh

Two triangles are identical so you can just multiply the area of the first triangle by two: 2A1 = 2(½bh) = 2(½ab) = ab.

The total area of the trapezoid is : A1 + A2 = ab + ½c2

You multiply both sides by 2 to get rid of the ½: (a2 + 2ab + b2) = 2ab + c2

You subtract out the 2ab: a2 + b2 = c2.

Then what is left is the proof: a2 + b2 = c2

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The linear function f(x) = 0.9x + 79 represents the average test score in your math class, where x is the number of the test tak

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Given:

The linear function for average test score in your math class is

$f(x)=0.9x+79$

where x is the number of the test taken.

The linear function g(x) in the given table represents the average test score in your science class, where x is the number of the test taken.

To find:

Part A: The test average for your math class after completing test 2.

Part B: The test average for your science class after completing test 2.

Part C: Which class had a higher average after completing test 4?

Solution:

Part A:

We have,

$f(x)=0.9x+79$

Put x=2 in the above function, to find the test average for your math class after completing test 2.

$f(2)=0.9(2)+79$

$f(2)=1.8+79$

$f(2)=80.8$

Therefore, the test average for your math class after completing test 2 is 80.8.

Part B:

From the given table it is clear that g(x) =79 at x=2.

Therefore, the test average for your science class after completing test 2 is 79.

Part C:

Put x=4 in f(x), to find the test average for your math class after completing test 4.

$f(4)=0.9(4)+79$

$f(4)=3.6+79$

$f(4)=82.6$

From the table it is clear that the value of g(x) is increased by 1 as x is increased by 1. So, the value of function g(x) at x=4 must be 1 more than 80.

$g(4)=81$