The right triangle below has legs of length and. The hypotenuse has length.
Four copies of this triangle are arranged as follows.
The hypotenuses form a square of side length and area.
Answer the questions below to find how, and are related.
Part 1: Compute the total combined area of the four triangles:

Part 2: Compute the area of the large (outer) square:
Part 3: Using your answers in Parts 1 and 2, find the area of the small (inner) square.
Part 4: We are given the side lengths and. Compute.
Part 5: Use, or complete the statement below.

Answer + explanation:

Part 1: First, find the area of one triangle using the formula base * height / 2. You have base = 10 and height = 7, so area = 7 * 10 /2 = 70/2 = 35. Since you're finding the combined area of 4, you have to do 35 * 4 = 140.

Part 2: To do this, find the side length of the square. Looking at the picture, you see that all you have to do is 10 + 7 = 17 to find one side. Then, to find the area do 17 * 17 = 289.

Part 3: To find the area of the small square, all you do is area of the large square - combined area of 4 small triangles, so 289 - 140 = 149.

Part 4: a^2 = 7 * 7 = 49. Then, b^2 = 10 * 10 = 100. Adding them together, you get 100 + 49 = 149.

Part 5: Since you already have the a^2 + b^2 part, all you need to do is find what c^2 is. You can see in the picture that c^2 equals the area of the small square, which you found in part 3. c^2 = 149. Then, you have 149 and 149, which are equal so the answer is =.