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Garfield’s Proof
of theGarfield’s Proof
Pie- thagorean Theorem
Garfield’s Proofof the
Garfield’s Proofof the
Pie- thagorean Theorem
Garfield’s Proofof the
Pie- thagorean Theorem
Garfield’s Proofof the
Pie- thagorean Theorem
Pie-
Garfield’s Proofof the
Pie- thagorean Theorem
Py
Garfield’s Proofof the
Py
thagorean Theorem
(President)
Garfield’s Proofof the
Py
thagorean Theorem
(President)
See Garfield eat Pie A
Garfield The Cat’s Proof
President Garfield’s Proof:
Examine these three triangles.
a
b
a
b
c
c
c
c
Their area is
2
2
1c
ab2
1
ab2
1
abab2
1
2
1ab 2
2
1c
See Garfield eat Pie A
See Garfieldeat Pie B
a b
ab
c
c
The President’s great idea was to constructa trapezoid using these three triangles. yx bbhA
2
1
The area formula for a trapezoid is:
22 22
12
1
baba
babaA
In this case, we get:
See me squared!
This isDr. Mena’sclass, so we’ve got
One Dead Cat
x x
Then President Garfield noticed something astonishing!!
22 22
1baba 2
2
1cab abab
22
2
12 ba
2
2
12 c
22 ba 2c
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