M. Aaron has a 15 foot piece of wire. He cuts off 3 pieces of wire of equal length for an art project and has 4.5 feet of wire left. Set up an equation and solve for the length of the pieces of wire he
used for his project.

Prove the converse of the pythagorean theorem using similar triangles. the converse of the pythagorean theorem states that when the sum of the squares of the lengths of the legs of the triangle equals the squares length of the hypotenuse, the triangle is a right triangle. be sure to create and name the appropriate geometric figures.