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Pythagoras by rearrangement

Four triangles in one square, slid into new places: the empty space shows a² + b² = c².

Example of Math Explainer16:9 · 71 s

From OpenStax Prealgebra 2e, 9.3 and cut-the-knot proofs #4 and #9.

AvailableFull-film skill

Math Explainer

A result derived on screen, one step you can follow at a time.

Install it in your coding agent from its skill page: the install prompt, what it needs and the price are there.

Install or buy

$4.90 once, with its updates · or every skill from $9.90 a month

Good fit for

  • Why a formula works, for a class or a channel
  • A proof shown with moving terms or shapes

Not for

  • Practising a skill with a quiz (use the Lesson Video skill)
  • A long derivation that needs more than two minutes
Example prompt
Use the math-director skill to make a 1-minute film proving why 1 + 2 + … + n = n(n + 1)/2.

More example films

A walk to the river: a worked problem

Where should you fetch water so the walk is shortest? Try a few places, then reflect B in the river and go straight: 10 km.

Example of Math Explainer16:9 · 99 s

A problem written for the film; every length computed and checked two ways.

Why 1 + 2 + … + n = n(n + 1)/2

The sum written forwards and backwards: every column adds to n + 1, checked with dots, then 5,050.

Example of Math Explainer16:9 · 71 s

From OpenStax Algebra and Trigonometry 2e, 13.4.

Built-in styles

Chalk Math

Equations and graphs that transform step by step.

Worked Problem

Try first, then the trick, every length computed, ending on the check.

Whiteboard

Drawn by hand as it is explained.

Example film from Lesson Video

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