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    The document describes a proof of the Pythagorean theorem using areas of squares. It states that a right triangle with sides of lengths 3, 4, and 5 is given. The goal is to cut up squares attached to each side into smaller squares and rearrange them so that the squares on the legs have the same total area as the square on the hypotenuse, which would prove the Pythagorean theorem relating the sides of a right triangle.

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    Proof of The Pythagorean Theorem Using Areas of Squares

    The Goal: The following right triangle has the side lengths of 3, 4, and 5. Can you cut up the attached squares
    into smaller squares and rearrange them so that the two smaller squares (the two on the legs of the right triangle)
    are the same area as the square on the hypotenuse? What does this result tell you about the side lengths of the
    right triangle?

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