I’m doing the Pythagorean theorem and there’s a question asking me to fill in the blanks. What do I fill in for this?

Question

Pythagoras realized that you have a right triangle and you know the lengths of the _________ __________ that make up the right angle, and add them together, you get the same number you would by subtracting the other side.

Answer 1

The Pythagorean Theorem says that the sums of the squares of the legs of a right triangle equals the square of the hypotenuse.