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I don't think I could make the proof clear without a diagram, so you must

check the related links to read it. I will say that it is algebraic in nature and

is based on knowing how to find the area of a trapezoid.

The first link is a student link and may not stay up for long.

The second link contains several proofs of the Pythagorean theorem and you will

have to hunt in it to find Garfield's proof, but it is there.

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no he just made a proof for it

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Somewhere around 1875 and 1876


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