Pythagorean theorem demonstration cut-out
Date: 1952-1964
Inventory Number: 1997-1-1630b
Classification: Demonstration Model
Dimensions:0.1 x 9.2 x 7.2 cm (1/16 x 3 5/8 x 2 13/16 in.)
Description:
The model consists of a rectangular sheet of forest green plexiglass. Three square are cut out of the plexiglass such that one corner of each square is touching a corner of each other square. A green right-angle triangle is left in the center of the three cut out triangles such that each edge of the triangle is one edge of a cut-out triangle. The squares are of three different sizes.