Find the Pythagorean triplet whose smallet member is ^@12.^@
Answer:
^@ (12,35,37) ^@
- For every natural number ^@m > 1 ^@, ^@ (2m,m^2-1,m^2 +1) ^@ is a Pythagorean triplet.
Putting ^@2m = 12 ^@, we get ^@m = 6. ^@
Thus,
^@ m^2-1 = 6^2 - 1 = 35 ^@
^@ m^2+1 = 6^2 + 1 = 37 ^@ - Hence, ^@ (12,35,37) ^@ is a Pythagorean triplet.