Question

Two members of Pythagorean triplet is 8 and 17 which is the third member?

Answer 1

Answer:

third triplet is 15

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Answer 2

Let, the hypotenuse be 18

The height be, 8

As per the formula we know that,

$base =\sqrt{hypotenuse}^{2}- height^{2} \\=\sqrt{17}^{2} -8^{2}\\=\sqrt{289}- 64 \\=\sqrt{225}\\=15$

So, the other member is 15