Students who made math history when they were in high school have now published new ways of proving the Pythagorean Theorem using trigonometry.
Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson, who surprised the math world when they produced innovative solutions to a 2,000-year-old puzzle, wowed the math world again when they presented several new ways of proving the Pythagorean Theorem via trigonometry.The two, now college students, have come up with five ways of solving the problem using trigonometry along with a method that reveals five other proofs.
Neither one is pursuing a career in math, though Johnson previously told 60 Minutes she may minor in math.'I am very proud that we are both able to be such a positive influence in showing that young women and women of color can do these things, and to let other young women know that they are able to do whatever they want to do. So that makes me very proud to be able to be in that position,' Johnson said.The St.
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