Draw a right triangle with the given leg length on dot paper. Then draw a square on each side of the triangle. [The slide shows an image of a triangle drawn this way, with sides labeled "a" "b" "c".]
Find the areas of the squares on the legs and on the hypotenuse. Record your results in the table.
Look for a pattern in the relationship among the areas of the three squares drawn for each triangle. Make a conjecture about the relationship among the areas.
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