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How can you tell if three positive numbers form a Pythagorean triple?
The Pythagorean thereom is a^2+b^2=c^2. So, you can tell if they are a Pythagorean triple by seeing if the two smaller numbers squared equal the largest number squared. Example. Are 3,4, and 5 a Pythagorean triple? 3^2= 9. 4^2= 16. 5^2= 25. 9+16=25, so they are a triple.
Is 10 14 17 considered a pythagorean triple?
Nearly but not quite a Pythagorean triple
What is the value of x if (13 84 x) is a Pythagorean triple?
What is the value of x if (13, 84, x) is a Pythagorean triple?
Do these three sides make a sides make a right triangle 6 10 and 8?
Indeed they do, it is a Pythagorean Triple: 6*6 + 8*8 = 10*10. (62 + 82 = 102, 36 + 68 = 100, 100 = 100) The "basic" Pythagorean Triple of a 3, 4, 5 triangle works out like this: 32 + 42 = 52 9 + 16 = 25 25 = 25 Your triangle, the 6, 8, 10, figure, is a "doubling" of the cited "basic" triple, and any multiple of a Pythagorean Triple will also be another Pythagorean Triple, and a right triangle.
What is a pythagorean triple?
A Pythagorean triple is three positive integers a, b, and c, such that a^2 + b^2 = c^2. A well known Pythagorean triplet is (3,4,5). If (a, b, c) is a Pythagorean triplet, then so is (ka, kb, kc) for any positive integer k.
