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remaining sides."
Figure 1
According to the Pythagorean Theorem, the sum of the areas of the two red
squares, squares A and B, is equal to the area of the blue square, square C.
Now, setting the two right hand side expressions in these equations equal,
gives
The three integers (x, y, z) that satisfy this equation is called a Pythagorean
triple.
In
mathematics,
the Pythago
rean theorem, also known
as Pythagor
as's theorem, is a relation in
Euclidean
geometry among the three
sides of a
right triangle. It states that the
square of the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the squares
of the other two sides.