Question

find the pythagorean triplet whose smallest member is 12​

Answer 1

Answer:

For every natural number m>2,(2m,m

2

−1,m

2

+1) is a pythagorean triplet and the smallest number is 2m

Given:2m=20⇒m=

2

20

=10

⇒m

2

−1=10

2

−1=100−1=99

and m

2

+1=10

2

+1=100+1=101

∴ The triplet is (20,99,101)