The Pythagorean theorem: one more proof
The author presents the Pythagorean theorem by one of its well-known proofs, where a square of side length \(c\) is inscribed in a square of side length equal to \(a+b\). In fact, the three figures (Figure 1) in this note give the same proof idea on the equality of areas in two different ways (first \(4(\dfrac{ab}{2})+c^2=(a+b)^2\), second \(2(\dfrac{ab}{2})+\dfrac{c^2}{2}=\dfrac{(a+b)^2}{2}\) and third \(\dfrac{ab}{2}+\dfrac{c^2}{4}=\dfrac{(a+b)^2}{4}\)). The added proof is in general not a direct one, as it uses the Brahmagupta formula on the area of cyclic quadrilaterals; which in turn is proved by the application of the cosine law or the Pythagorean theorem in a certain way.
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