Pythagoras Math in Everyday Life

Math is used in everyday life, whether we know it or not. Yes people use math in math classes, but most people do not realize that math is used in everyday life just to complete everyday tasks. Math was used to create almost every invention known to man at this point. Pythagoras is just one example as to how we use math everyday, he is the man you invented pythagorean theorem.

Not too much is known about Pythagoras’ early life. Some believe he was born on the island of Samos in 570 BC.

It is believed that his father was either a merchant of some kind, and it is guessed that his mother’s name was Pythais. Pythagoras had a variety of teachers as a boy, some of them were Greek and some were Egyptian. Pythagoras then settled in Crotona. There he founded a school. No one is sure what was studied at the school because the whole school was very secretive about pretty much everything. Most believe that the school was actually a very religious place and the people inside held themselves to a very high standard. On the other hand however the people of Cortana were suspicious of the school and killed most of its members. People are still sceptabe on whether or not Pythagoras left the city before the violence broke out. It is likely that he Pythagoras died in Metapontum in 495 BC around the age of 75.

Pythagoras discovered the theorem which is still named after him today. The theorem states that in right triangles where one angle is equal to 90 degrees, the square on the hypotenuse equals the sum of the square on the other sides. As stated earlier, Pythagoras lived in a small society where he became a teacher. Well he was a teacher of math, and because of the strict secrecy in the community it is unknown if he was the only contributor the this theorem. However hsi students were the ones to wright down the facts and rules of the theorem. His idea has been discovered on a writing stone dating all the way back to the time of the Babylonian King Hammurabi. Pythagoras studied odd and even numbers, triangular numbers, and perfect numbers. He is the main contributor to our understanding of angles, triangles, areas, and polygons.

Pythagoras has changed the world with his theorem. We use it in everyday life whether we know it or not. Yes you use it in math class trying to find a side of a 90 degree angle but some other examples of using pythagorean theorem in everyday life is in building, and art. Both of those things use mathematics, which in fact involve the rheorom.

In conclusion, Pythagoras has been one of the most influential mathematicians in history. He is also thought to be one of the first. He created a theory that is still used today in every math (mainly geometry) around the world. His theory is used to find a missing side of a triangle. He was a teacher who taught this to students, and years later when the writings were found the theorem was discovered to be dated all the way back to Pythagoras.  

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