Pythagorean Theorem in Algebra Over 2,500 years ago, a Greek mathematician named Pythagoras popularized the concept that a relationship exists between the hypotenuse and the legs of right triangles and that this relationship is true for all right triangles. The Egyptians knew of this concept, as it related to 3, 4, 5 right triangles, long before the time of Pythagoras. It was … [Read more...] about Pythagorean Theorem in Algebra