and represents the green area and the red area respectively. Compare the red and the green areas?
Semicircles were constructed on the sides of a right triangle as shown in the figure . Let
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Let the side lengths of the right triangle be a , b , and c , where c is the hypotenuse and the blue area be B . Then the blue area is given by:
B ⟹ R = 4 π c 2 − R = 4 π c 2 − B
and the green area:
G = 4 π a 2 + 4 π a 2 − B = 4 π c 2 − B Since a 2 + b 2 = c 2
Therefore, G = R .