SOLUTION: which numbers can represent the side lengths of a right triangle?

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Question 967707: which numbers can represent the side lengths of a right triangle?
Answer by MathLover1(20849) About Me  (Show Source):
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Any three numbers, a, b, and c, which satisfy the equation a%5E2+%2B+b%5E2+=+c%5E2 will form the sides of a right triangle.
Some common values are 3, 4, 5 (and all multiples), 5, 12, 13 (and all multiples), and 7, 24, 25} (and all multiples).