Thread: Pythagorean Triples

Construct 5 Pythagorean triples using the formula:

(m, (m/s)squared -1, (m/s)squared -1), where m is even.

Originally Posted by Arul75

Construct 5 Pythagorean triples using the formula:

(m, (m/s)squared -1, (m/s)squared -1), where m is even.

First of all, what is s? Second of all, it seems you made a typo somewhere because two legs have the same length, and there are no Pythagorean triples like that. Third of all, why haven't you shown any attempt/work?

Edit: Seems to work out if we write instead

for m even, then just plug in m=4,6,8,...