document.write( "Question 373105: can you find any numbers a and b such that a+b squared = a squared + b squared \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "      (a + b)² = a² + b²\r\n" );
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document.write( "(a + b)(a + b) = a² + b²\r\n" );
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document.write( " a² + 2ab + b² = a² + b²\r\n" );
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document.write( "           2ab = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "            ab = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "Either a = 0 or b = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the answer is:  Yes, as long as one of them is zero\r\n" );
document.write( "or both of them are zero.\r\n" );
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