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Right Triangle (Posted on 2003-08-05) Difficulty: 3 of 5

Given a right triangle with lengths that are reciprocals of integers, what is the smallest possible sum of these the integers?

In other words, given a right triangle with lengths 1/a, 1/b, and 1/c, where a, b, and c are all integers, what is the lowest value of a+b+c? Also, prove it.

Taken from CAML, which did not ask for a proof.

See The Solution Submitted by np_rt    
Rating: 3.4000 (5 votes)

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re(2): My Idea | Comment 11 of 12 |
(In reply to re: My Idea by Gamer)

I do not know if that relation which you have suggested holds or not and I haven't checked it out yet but by giving an example you cannot give all possible solutions to the given problem. What I was trying to ask others was that if anyone could find out a general result using the given fact. Anyway, your solution might also work (not verified) but we are looking for the general result and not just one or two examples.
  Posted by Ravi Raja on 2003-08-08 10:20:47

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