Question

In what year was the Pythagorean Theorem developed?

Answer 1

The Pythagorean Theorem was known to the Babylonians about `1000` years before Pythagoras was born, though Pythagoras is credited with the first recorded proof.

Explanation:

Though we name this theorem after the Greek mathematician Pythagoras who lived approximately `570-495` BC, it was known and recorded by the Babylonian mathematicians about `1000` years earlier. It was also discovered independently by other ancient civilisations in Mesopotamia, India and China.