“An ancient Tamil poet’s method finds the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angle triangle only using the length of the sides, and simple fractions; without the need to find the square or the square root.”
What FACTLY found
The formula attributed to a Tamil poet in the post does not give accurate results in all scenarios. Only in some cases, the results are accurate. Also, the given formula to find the hypotenuse length does not work if the smaller side is taken as the base/horizontal (i.e., interchanging A and B in the given formula). The Pythagoras theorem works even if A and B are interchanged
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 22 November 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 23 November 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/surinder.sharma.359/posts/pfbid0wAhe5jS2Mr72R5HnGVHv9mSwfmQpFeiK…
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.