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Consider any natural number m > 1.We find that (2m, m2 – 1, m2 + 1) will form a Pythagorean triplet. (A little algebra can help you to verify this!). With this formula, generate a few Pythagorean triplets. |
Answer» For any natural number m, we have 2m, m2 – 1, m2 + 1 is a Pythagorean triplet. (i) Consider 2m = 16 ⇒ m = 8 m2 – 1 = 64 – 1 = 63 So Pythagorean triplet is 16, 63, 65. (ii) Consider 2m = 18 ⇒ m = 9 m2 – 1 = 81 – 1 = 80 So Pythagorean triplet is 18, 80, 82. |
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