Question

what is the pathagorean triple?

Answer 1

*pythagorean

Answer 2

Three numbers, a, b, c such that a^2 + b^2 = c^2. An example is (3,4,5). 3^2 + 4^2 = 5^2.

Answer 3

some of the triples...
(3 , 4 , 5 ) ( 5, 12, 13) ( 7, 24, 25) ( 8, 15, 17)
( 9, 40, 41) (11, 60, 61) (12, 35, 37) (13, 84, 85)
(16, 63, 65) (20, 21, 29) (28, 45, 53) (33, 56, 65)
(36, 77, 85) (39, 80, 89) (48, 55, 73) (65, 72, 97)

there's actually a formula for this... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_triple