📐 Pythagorean Theorem Calculator

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The Pythagorean theorem states that in a right triangle a² + b² = c², where c is the hypotenuse — the longest side, opposite the right angle. This calculator solves for the hypotenuse from two legs, or for a missing leg from the hypotenuse and one leg, and also reports the triangle's area, perimeter and two acute angles.

To find the hypotenuse, add the squares of the legs and take the square root: a 3-4 right triangle has hypotenuse √(3² + 4²) = √(9 + 16) = √25 = 5. To find a missing leg, rearrange to a = √(c² − b²); because a leg is always shorter than the hypotenuse, the hypotenuse you enter must be the largest side, or the tool flags it. The acute angles come from the arctangent of the legs and always add up to 90°.

This is the workhorse of right-triangle geometry: finding diagonals, checking that a corner is square in construction, computing distances, and deriving the coordinate distance formula. Whole-number side sets like 3-4-5 and 5-12-13 are called Pythagorean triples.