Monday, December 28, 2015

Magic Cup, created by the Greek Mathematician Pythagoras

Pythagoras was a mathematician in ancient Greece who developed our understanding of geometry.  The Pythagorean Theorem (a mathematical law) states that in a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse (the opposite of the right angle) is equal to the sum of the other two sides.

a2 + b2 = c2
where c is the hypotenuse

8 comments:

  1. So clever! so if you put mercury at the bottom and water on the top it would have stayed because it doesn't have enough pressure pushing down. Right? Really brilliant! :P -Dhruva B

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    1. I really like it because it shows different substances in a liquid state have different properties, I didn't know liquid metcury was more dense than water!

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    2. Same thing right here because nobody has ever came up with that kind of idea just like that.

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  2. SO COOL!!!!! I want one of those cups!!!!!!!
    -KARLA GUERRA

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  4. I never knew some cups could do that :D
    -FINOT B. HAILE

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  5. I never knew some cups could do that :D
    -FINOT B. HAILE

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  6. I want one of those cups :C. I think those are made up of gold. Also yes, I arleady knew Mercury was denser then water because it could turn into a solid harder then ice.

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