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2007-04-07 22:10:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

a/ integers
b/ natural numbers
c/ rational numbers
d/irrational numbers

2007-04-07 22:19:52 · update #1

7 answers

The simplest Pythagorean triplets are composed of natural numbers.

But in an isoscles right triangle, Two sides are equal. Let them both be some natural number x. The hypotenuse is [x * sqrt (2)], which is obviously irrational.

One cannot say that these are not triplets. A Pythagorean triplet is a set of 3 numbers a, b and c such that:

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

a, b or c can be rational or irrational. In other words, such triples are composed of real numbers, which is a set of numbers that includes whole numbers, natural numbers, rational numbers and irrational numbers.

Here is a natural number example:

3^2 + 4^2 = 5^2

Here is a triplet composed of one irrational number:

1^2 + 1^2 = (sqrt 2)^2

Here is a completely irrational triplet:

(sqrt 6)^2 + (sqrt 11)^2 = (sqrt 17)^2


The numbers a,b and c that make such triplets are written as (a, b, c) with a < (or equal to) b < c

2007-04-08 00:13:07 · answer #1 · answered by Akilesh - Internet Undertaker 7 · 0 0

Well the first one is

3, 4, 5

2007-04-07 22:15:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

A Pythagorean triple consists of three positive integers a, b, and c, such that a²+ b² = c². Such a triple is commonly written (a, b, c), and a well-known example is (3, 4, 5).

2007-04-07 22:16:54 · answer #3 · answered by shawn michaels pwns cena 4 · 2 0

Take:

2n+1, and two consecutive numbers m,m+1 such that
(m + 1)^2 - m^2 = (2n + 1)^2

m^2 +2m + 1 - m^2 = (2n + 1)^2

2m + 1 = (2n + 1)^2

2m = (2n + 1)^2 - 1

m = [(2n + 1)^2 - 1]/2
m + 1= [(2n + 1)^2 + 1]/2
For each natural n, take the triplet

2n+1, [(2n + 1)^2 - 1]/2, [(2n + 1)^2 + 1]/2

To get 3,4,5, take n=1
2n+1 = 3
[(2n + 1)^2 - 1]/2 = (3^2 - 1)/2 = 8/2 = 4
[(2n + 1)^2 + 1]/2 = (3^2 + 1)/2 = 10/2 = 5

Another pythagorean triplet is 5,12,13
5=2*2+1

[(2*2 + 1)^2 - 1]/2 = (5^2 - 1)/2 = 24/2 = 12
[(2*2 + 1)^2 + 1]/2 = (5^2 + 1)/2 = 26/2 = 13

And so on...

And choose b - natural numbers as your answer.

2007-04-07 22:36:00 · answer #4 · answered by Amit Y 5 · 0 3

A square of "ANY odd whole number" when split as "two values having a-unit difference" ( 'a higher value is a hypotenuse' and 'lower value is a long-side of right angled triangle'), a relation "(any odd number)^2 = (hypotenuse)^2 - (a long-side of right angled triangle)^2 " is maintained!

We know it as Pythagorean triplets!

2007-04-08 05:32:22 · answer #5 · answered by kkr 3 · 0 0

It consists of three nos like a,b,c such that:a^2+b^2=c^2

here c is the greatest no

this is used in right angled triangles

2007-04-07 23:53:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Three numbers a, b and c such that a^2 + b^2 = c^2.

2007-04-07 22:16:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

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