document.write( "Question 662265: is 8 7 5 measurements of a right triangle ? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "They would be if it turns out that c² = a² + b² is true. \r\n" );
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document.write( "c² = a² + b²\r\n" );
document.write( "8² = 7² + 5²\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let's find out if that's true.  8²=64, 7²=49, 5²=25\r\n" );
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document.write( "64 = 49 + 25\r\n" );
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document.write( "     1\r\n" );
document.write( "     49\r\n" );
document.write( "    +25\r\n" );
document.write( "     74\r\n" );
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document.write( "No, because we had to carry that 1 when we added, and\r\n" );
document.write( "that made it come out 74 istead of 64.  If only we\r\n" );
document.write( "hadn't had to carry that 1 they would have been the\r\n" );
document.write( "measurements of the sides of a right triangle.  But\r\n" );
document.write( "since we had to carry that 1, they aren't.  Too bad.\r\n" );
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