Two teenage girls cracked a mathematical code that has stood for thousands of years: Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson, ...

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The Pythagorean theorem, a cornerstone of mathematics for millennia, provides a method for determining unknown sides in right ...

A high school teacher didn't expect a solution when she set a 2,000-year-old Pythagorean Theorem problem in front of her students. Then Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson stepped up to the challenge.

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Two teenagers have once again proved an ancient math rule Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson proved the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry ...

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Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson have published a paper on a new way to prove the 2000-year-old Pythagorean theorem. Their work began in a high school math contest.