Now, such a square can be found in the one whose side is five units in length.

Fig. 23.

In [fig. 23], in the square on AB, there are—

9 points interior9
4 at the corners1
4 sides with 3 on each side, considered as 1½ on each side, because belonging equally to two squares6

The total is 16. There are 9 points in the square on BC.

In the square on AC there are—

24 points inside24
4 at the corners1

or 25 altogether.

Hence we see again that the square on the hypothenuse is equal to the squares on the sides.