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Pythagoras in real life

Mathematics · Grade 7 · about 40 minutes

Find a missing leg, then apply the theorem to ladders, roofs, plot diagonals and safety.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. Sides of a right-angled triangle
  2. The Pythagorean relationship
  3. Finding the hypotenuse
  4. Pythagoras in real life