Shantae Lovett MAT 126 Instructor Farshad Foroozan September 11, 2012 A Pythagorean triple is any three numbers that are represented by a2 b2 c2 (a b c). To form a Pythagorean triple you have to multiply each number of a Pythagorean triple by the same number. Pythagorean triples have been around for many years it is said to be thousands, it was developed and reconstructed to make an easy solution to solve this old time equation. Example (3, 4, 5) 32 42 52 9 16 25 by 2 6, 8, 10 62 82 102 100 by 3 9, 12, 15 92 122 152 225 by 4 12, 16, 20 122 162 202 400 (5, 12, 13) 52 122 132 25 144 169 by 2 10, 24, 26 102 242 262 676 by 3 15, 36, 39 152 362 392 1521 by 4 20, 48, 52 202 482 522 2704 (7, 24, 25) 72 242 252 49 574 625 By 2 14, 48, 50 142 482 502 2500 By 3 21, 72, 75 212 722 752 5625 By 4 28, 96, 200 282 962 2002 10000 Formulas a 2 x y b y2 x2 c y2 x2 Let x 9 and