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Theorem: The sum of the areas of two squares, whose sides are the lengths of the two diagonals of
a parallelogram, is equal to the sum of the areas of four squares, whose sides are its four sides.

Corollary: Pythagoras's theorem (when the parallelogram is a rectangle.)

-- David S. Wise
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405-4101
March, December 1996, July 1997

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