Question

Find a Pythagorean triplet whose smallest number is 17 also verify it.


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Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

a-b = 1 and a+b = 17 => 2a = 18 and 2b = 16, from which we take: a = 9 and b = 8. Therefore, the only Pythagorean triples containing in one of its members the number 17, are the following two: (8, 15, 17) and (17, 144, 145).

Answer 2

your answers are :

(8, 15 ,17)and (17, 144 ,145)