Today in class we're going to start talking about something called the Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem. The word converse as it's being used here really just means the reverse of something. So the Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem is the REVERSE of it. Instead of using the Pythagorean Theorem in right triangles to find missing side lengths, we use the Pythagorean Theorem to tell if given side lengths COULD form a right triangle. It can seem a little confusing at first, but here's a quick video to help you get started with it.
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