Here we used isometric dot paper to run an experiment similar to the one from 9.3 part 1. This experiment involved creating triangles that had the base 'a' and hypotenuse '2*a' with integer values. Using the Pythagorean theorem we notice that the second leg was 'a*sqrt(3)'.
After looking at the case were the base was a=1,2,3,4,... students started to piece together the pattern.
Now both of the "special" right triangles were covered and we took a little bit of time to look at how to find the other two sides given one of the other sides of this triangle.
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