Sunday, December 2, 2012

Pythagorean Triples

As you saw from question 1 the value of x was a whole number.  When we have 3 sides of a right angled triangle that are all integers (whole numbers) we call this set of values a Pythagorean Triple.

E.g. 3, 4, 5

E.g. 5, 12, 13


The length of the hypotenuse is 5 cm




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