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Grade 12thAlgebra

How many right triangles whose sides are all positive whole numbers having the property that the area is numerically equal to the perimeter?

Profile image of Abhishek Patil
14 Years agoGrade 12th
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Profile image of Aman  Bansal
ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer14 Years ago

Dear Abhishek,

: Let the triangle have leg lengths a and b, with a, b are whole numbers.

The given condition implies that

1/2ab = a + b +(a2 + b2)^1/2

Thus solving this to get the set of  possible values of a,b 

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