First of all, it's clear from the Pythagoras' theorem that a is the square root of ^2 + ^2.

首先,根据毕达哥拉斯定理,勾股定理在西方被称为"毕达哥拉斯定理"

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But let's take something simple like the Pythagorean Theorem, which we all learned in high school.

不过我们还是说些简单的,比如勾股定理,我们中学里都学过的

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It's called the Median Voter Theorem because the voters at the center, in this case 5 and 6, actually get to decide not just the election, but to decide therefore, what policies are put in place.

它之所以叫中间选民定理是因为,处在中间位置的选民,比如这个案例中立场5和6,实际上他们不止左右了选举结果,而且还决定了那些政策可以施行

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There's another Modigliani-Miller theorem about debt, which is about debt irrelevance as well.

关于负债还有另外一个MM定律,也是讲负债不相关性的

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If you give me a pair of numbers, Ax and Ay, that's as good as giving me this arrow, because I can find the length of the arrow by Pythagoras' theorem.

如果给我一组数字,Ax 和 Ay,就相当于给了我这个箭头示意图,因为我可以利用毕达哥拉斯定理定理求出模长

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And it turns out there's a variety of proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem.

其实有很多种证明勾股定理的方法

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