The document discusses the Pythagorean theorem and its applications to right triangles. It defines the Pythagorean theorem, which states that the sum of the squares of the legs of a right triangle equals the square of the hypotenuse. It provides examples of using the Pythagorean theorem to calculate missing sides of right triangles when given two sides. Exercises at the end ask the reader to apply the Pythagorean theorem to find missing sides of right triangles.