File:Pythagorean Diagram for IM 67118.svg
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English: A diagram showing possible geometric reasoning for the solution to the problem on Old Babylonian tablet IM 67118 (that of finding sides a and b of a rectangle with given diagonal c and area A). Solid lines demonstrate that c^2-2A = (b-a)^2. Dashed lines and shading show how to complete the gnomon of area A to a square of area [(b+a)/2]^2. From (b-a)/2 and (b+a)/2 one can obtain b and a. |
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| Author | Will Orrick |
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| current | 00:57, 28 May 2019 | | 375 × 375 (10 KB) | Pi.1415926535 | Add white background; italics for text; expand |
| 17:03, 27 May 2019 |  | 249 × 249 (3 KB) | Will Orrick | Cross-wiki upload from en.wikipedia.org |
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