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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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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