Theorem: The sum of the areas of two squares, whose sides are the
lengths of the two diagonals of
Corollary: Pythagoras's theorem (when the parallelogram is a rectangle.)
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a parallelogram, is equal to the sum of the areas of four squares,
whose sides are its four sides.
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