SOLUTION: Can you have a right triangle where the lengths of the legs are whole numbers and the length of the hypotenuse is 23?

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Question 872535: Can you have a right triangle where the lengths of the legs are whole numbers and the length of the hypotenuse is 23?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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Can you have a right triangle where the lengths of the legs are whole numbers and the length of the hypotenuse is 23?
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The 2 legs would have to be less than 23 in length.
See if you can find a & b such that
a%5E2+%2B+b%5E2+=+529 and a & b are integers.