SOLUTION: How many ordered pairs (a,b) of positive integers satisfy a^2 + b^2 = 50

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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) About Me  (Show Source):
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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