size(0,150); import geometry; real a=3; real b=4; real c=hypot(a,b); pair z1=(0,b); pair z2=(a,0); pair z3=(a+b,0); perpendicular(z1,NE,z1--z2,blue); perpendicular(z3,NW,blue); draw(square((0,0),z3)); draw(square(z1,z2)); real d=0.3; pair v=unit(z2-z1); draw(baseline("$a$"),-d*I--z2-d*I,red,Bars,Arrows,PenMargins); draw(baseline("$b$"),z2-d*I--z3-d*I,red,Arrows,Bars,PenMargins); draw("$c$",z3+z2*I-d*v--z2-d*v,red,Arrows,PenMargins); draw("$a$",z3+d--z3+z2*I+d,red,Arrows,Bars,PenMargins); draw("$b$",z3+z2*I+d--z3+z3*I+d,red,Arrows,Bars,PenMargins);