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| Question 360089:  How many ordered pairs (a,b) of positive integers satisfy  a^2 + b^2 = 50
 
 Answer by vleith(2983)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! Plug and play to find pairs. 7*& is 49, so you can't have an integers larger than 7 Plug in each integer from 1 - 7 and see which ones result in a second value that is an integer.
 (1,7) (7,1)
 (5,5)
 Three pairs
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