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Take any right-angled triangle with side lengths $a, b$ and $c$. For convenience, label the two acute angles $x^{\circ}$ and $y^{\circ}$.
Make two enlargements of the triangle, one by scale factor $a$ and and one by scale factor $b$:
Find the lengths and angles in this last triangle.
Can you show that this triangle is similar to the original triangle?
What is the scale factor of enlargement between the first and last triangles?
Can you use your results to prove Pythagoras' Theorem?
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