Question

Can you have a right triangle where the lengths of the legs are whole numbers and the length of the hypotenuse is 23? Explain.

Answer 1

@freckles

Answer 2

@amistre64

Answer 3

this is solving the diophantine equation for a^2+b^2=c^2 where c=23

Answer 4

yes i am given a = x^2-y^2 and b = 2xy for generating pythagorean triples

Answer 5

this problem is from polynomial identities