A simple visual proof of Pythagoras’ theorem
A simple visual proof of Pythagoras’ theorem
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Monday, January 24, 2022
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I think I understood it better before I saw this.
Never have I ever been so bamboozled by any educational material than in this moment, right fucking now. Those aren’t even squares – literally what in the Fiat Chrysler am I looking at. I know for certain this Gif will plague my dreams to the end of my days, and I might just have to off myself tomorrow after seeing this shit. If someone understands this, don’t even attempt to explain. My IQ has plummeted from a 190 straight down to the 30-40 range after simply glimpsing this absolute abomination. I need to know the heathen that created this, bec
Oh I’ve just realized its the black space you gotta look at, shit’s crazy dog
Now I really don’t get it
That’s terrible.
The black squares…. not the rectangles…. I took too long to realize this
This would be a lot clearer to the average person if the sides of the triangle were labeled a, b, and c so we could make the connection to the squares more easily.
This demo is a thousand times better. https://gph.is/15x71MB
This doesn’t help st all.
This is not a proof
Ah, yes. Now I get it.
This is an absolutely horrible “proof” for anything.
There’s no measurements, there’s no projections, there’s nothing but some rotating geometric
I used the theorem just the other day for some step-ramps and it made more sense before I saw this.
Love Pythagoras, what a man.
These gifs are bad because you have to already know and understand the proof to know what this gif is getting at. The proof is a neat visual for the big step in one of the proofs, but it isn’t in itself the proof.
# BLIND=MOWN
This actually helped me get it more than any other proof I’ve seen.
Bruh
Nope still don’t understand
Contrary to most posts on this, I actually understood it better than before. Thanks OP.
Oh..ok. Now I get it
genius. thanks OP!
Where’s the right triangle with sides a, b, and c?
Yes, you’ve shown that a^2 + b^2 = c^2 in this case but you haven’t connected a, b, or c to a right triangle at all.
Omg it’s really true, I need to apologise to my math teacher
To make that myself, how do I calculate where the pivot point is?
While I love math and I love visuals like this, it isn’t proof. However, it is a cool representation. There’s a million different ways to visualize the theorem. They definitely give you different perspectives and drive different thought processes which I really appreciate.
This explains nothing
Why are the squares black? Thats racist
A better proof is taking squares of paper and adding them using a known set of correct values. For example 3, 4, and 5. With a triangle with these values, 5 being the hypotenuse, you can literally cut out squares of the same size to verify they are the same area. 9 squares plus 16 squares = 25 squares.
I’m fucking retarded at math, but wasn’t the the two sides of a right triangle the equivalent to the third side?
Guess I could google. But like reddit and their classlessness way of answering shit better.