Your body's endocrine system secretes and controls the hormones that regulate many body processes including metabolism, use of nutrients, excretion, and reproduction. 1  As you age, these systems become less efficient, leading to changes in our bodies, such as menopause.
The Pythagorean (puh thag or ee un) Theorem, also called the Pythagorean Property, says that the sum of the squares of the lengths of the legs of any right triangle is equal to the square of the length of the hypotenuse,
It states that the square of the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. The theorem can be written as an equation relating the lengths of the sides a, b and c, often called the Pythagorean equation: