Flip the pieces over to change one big square into two smaller ones. Hold the triangle to the corresponding sides of the squares. What do you observe?
This proof of the Pythagorean Theorem was already known in the 9th century in India.
Erlebnisland Mathematik
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The Adventureland Mathematics is part of a municipal technology museum: Technische Sammlungen Dresden.
The museum can easily be reached by car as well as by public transport, i.e., bus and tram. For the latter, the tram lines 4 and 10 and the bus line 61 are suitable. For further information you may want to consult the website of Dresden's public transportation DVB (currenly in German only). The bus and tram stops closest to the venue are named Pohlandplatz, Technische Sammlungen.
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