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From which law follows directly the validity of Pythagoras' theorem in the right triangle?


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c2=a2+b2−2abcos⁡γ  γ=90∘⇒cos⁡90∘=0 c2=a2+b2−2abcos⁡90∘ c2=a2+b2

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