\documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage[top=20mm]{geometry} \begin{document} \title{Rearrangement Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem} \maketitle \section*{Theorem} For a right-angled triangle, the square of the length of the hypotenuse ($c$) is equal to the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides ($a$ and $b$). This can be represented as: \[ c^2 = a^2 + b^2 \] \section*{Proof} Consider two squares, each of side length \(a + b\). We can place four congruent right-angled triangles inside each square, with side lengths \(a\), \(b\), and \(c\). \begin{center} \begin{tikzpicture} % First Square \draw (0,0) -- (5,0) -- (5,5) -- (0,5) -- cycle; % Triangles for first square \draw (0,3.5) -- (1.5,0); \draw (1.5,0) -- (5,1.5); \draw (5,1.5) -- (3.5,5); \draw (3.5,5) -- (0,3.5); % Labels for first square \node at (2.5,2.5) {$c^2$}; \node at (0,3.5/2) [left] {$a$}; \node at (0,3.5+1.5/2) [left] {$b$}; \node at (3.5/2,5) [above] {$a$}; \node at (3.5+1.5/2,5) [above] {$b$}; \node at (5,3.5+1.5/2) [right] {$a$}; \node at (5,1.5/2) [right] {$b$}; \node at (3.5+1.5/2,0) [below] {$a$}; \node at (1.5/2,0) [below] {$b$}; % Second Square \draw (7,0) rectangle (12,5); \draw (7,0) rectangle (7+3.5,3.5); \draw (7+3.5,3.5) rectangle (12,5); \draw (7,3.5) -- (7+3.5,5); \draw (7+3.5,0) -- (12,3.5); \node at (7+3.5/2, 3.5/2) {$a^2$}; \node at (7+3.5+1.5/2,3.5+1.5/2) {$b^2$}; \node at (7+3.5/2,5) [above] {$a$}; \node at (7,3.5+1.5/2) [left] {$b$}; \node at (7+3.5+1.5/2,0) [below] {$b$}; \node at (12,3.5/2) [right] {$a$}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{center} In the first square, the total area covered by the triangles and the smaller square is \(4 \times \frac{1}{2}ab + c^2 = 2ab + c^2\). In the second square, after rearranging the triangles, two smaller squares appear: one of side length \(a\) and the other of side length \(b\). Their combined area is \(a^2 + b^2\). From the two squares, it is clear that the area represented by \(c^2\) in the first square is equal to the combined areas of \(a^2\) and \(b^2\) in the second square, thus proving the theorem. \end{document}