The Pythagorean Theorem
states that when the squares of sides a and b on a right triangle are added up,
it equals the square of side c, the hypotenuse of the triangle.
It is more commonly
known as
a2 + b2 =
c2.
(a and
b are legs or sides and c is the hypotenuse)
When each of the sides
of a right triangle has a whole number length, the three numbers are called a
Pythagorean triple.
Some of the Pythagorean
triples are listed below:
(3,4,5) (5,12,13)
(7,24,25) (8,15,17) (9,40,41) (11,60,61) (12,35,37) (13,84,85) (16,63,65) (20,21,29)
(28,45,53) (33,56,65) (36,77,85) (39,80,89) (48,55,73) (65,72,97)
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