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Case Study-2 : Herman has a single storey house. He decided to construct a new second storey in his house. For the construction he gave contract to a building contractor. After few days of construction he observed that there is a defect in staircase construction, like few stairs are big, few are small, all steps are not of same size. Here is teh staircase as shown in fig., connecting points A and B. Measurements of each steps are marked in the figure.

Which of the following is incorrect with respect to Pythagoras theorem?

A

It is applicable to right angled triangle.

B

It is also known as Baudhayan theorem.

C

The square of hypotenuse is equal to the sum of square of other two sides.

D

It is applicable to all type of triangle.

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