Besides, according to several websites the actual origin of the 3-4-5 right triangle is most likley unknown. This means that whom ever first discovered or comprehended the 3-4-5 right triangle's existence has no historical reference as to the place, time, and circumstances of its discovery. The discovery of the 3-4-5 right triangle was probably known some time before 1900 BC to 1600 BC.
The Babylonians were the first to document the existance of the 3-4-5 right triangle and several other integer sided right triangles as recorded on a Babylonian Clay Tablet known as "Plimpton 322" using cuneiform script made by pressing styles into moist soft clay.
The statement of the Theorem was discovered on a Babylonian tablet circa 1900-1600 B.C. (the same tablet mentioned before). Whether Pythagoras (c.560-c.480 B.C.) or someone else from his School was the first to discover its proof can't be claimed with any degree of credibility.
Pythagoras didn't discover the theorem - he simply proved it. One of Pythagoras's proofs included the 3-4-5 triangle. Multiples of that, such as the ones you listed, are the same.
2/24/2002 12:38:23 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
No, you are mistaken. These are two diferent methods. Pythagorean theorem is as I stated. Pythagoras was a greek mathematician. His theorem states that the sum of the squares of the legs of a right triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenuse. A squared +b squared = c squared. The 3-4-5 method states that a triangle with sides divisible by 3, 4, and 5 respectively will always be a right triangle. The egyptians came up with this one for planting straight rows of corn, and I used it many times to build square houses, as recently as last week. Try it. 3,4,5,-15,20,25- 6,8,10-etc.
