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6 is easy - 5 & 7 not quite ! (Posted on 2019-03-31)

1. Find a right triangle having area 5 and rational sides.
2. Same task for area=7.

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The (9,40,41) right triangle has an area of 180 = 5 * 36,

so (9/6, 40/6, 41/6) has an area of 5.

Reducing gives (3/2, 20/3, 41/6) as an answer

Posted by Steve Herman on 2019-03-31 11:24:48

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