SOLUTION: It is believed that surveyors in ancient Egypt laid out right angles using a rope that they bent into the shape of a triangle. The rope had eleven equally spaced knots along its le

Question 384278: It is believed that surveyors in ancient Egypt laid out right angles using a rope that they bent into the shape of a triangle. The rope had eleven equally spaced knots along its length that divided the rope into twelve sections. What Pythagorean Triple could the surveyors use this rope to make?
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It is believed that surveyors in ancient Egypt laid out right angles using a rope that they bent into the shape of a triangle. The rope had eleven equally spaced knots along its length that divided the rope into twelve sections. What Pythagorean Triple could the surveyors use this rope to make
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3 + 4 + 5 = 12
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Pythagorean Relation:
5^2 = 3^2 + 4^2
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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