Primitive Pythagorean triples

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Nov 1959Publisher:National Council of Teachers of MathematicsJournal:The Mathematics Teacher, volume 52, pages 541-545 (issn: 0025-5769, eissn: 2330-0582,

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Authors: Ben Moshan;

doi: 10.5951/mt.52.7.0541

Primitive Pythagorean triples

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An ancient problem continues to fascinate and challenge. High school students know about 3, 4, 5 right triangles. Do they know about 8, 15, 17 right triangles and 861, 620, 1061 right triangles?

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