For generations, Indian students have learnt it simply as the Pythagoras Theorem. In a quiet but significant shift, the Class 8 NCERT mathematics textbook has now introduced it as the ...
The textbook uses examples from Indian monuments and cultural contexts to explain key concepts of the subject, including Baudhayana’s theorem on right-angled triangles ...
NCERT's revised Class 8 math textbook renames the Pythagoras Theorem to credit Baudhayana. The book aims to reduce rote learning by linking concepts like percentages and fractals to Indian history, ...
If the sides of the right-angled triangle are labelled π‘Ž, 𝑏 and 𝑐 then Pythagoras' theorem can be written as the formula π‘Ž² + 𝑏² = 𝑐². Pythagoras' theorem can be used to find the length of line ...