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Question
Identify, with reason, if the following is a Pythagorean triplet.
(3, 5, 4)
Solution
In the triplet (3, 5, 4),
32 = 9, 52 = 25, 42 = 16 and 9 + 16 = 25
The square of the largest number is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two numbers.
∴ (3, 5, 4) is a pythagorean triplet.
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