Question 2

Which statement best explains
why the sum of the areas of the
two white squares in Figure 2 is
the same as the area of the white
square in Figure 1?
ca
a
b
Figure 1
ba
Figure 2
In each figure the total area is equal and the area of the 4 triangles is e ual,
the remaining white area in each figure must also be equal.
In each triangle, the length of side a plus the length of side b equals the length
of side c. That means that a² + b = c.
The combined area of the four triangles is equal to the area of the large white
square.