Subject: Pythagorean theorem
Name: Beth
Who are you: Other

In a pythagorean theorem can the sides of a right triangle be three consecutive odd integers

 


Hi Beth.

The square of an odd number is odd, but the sum of two odd numbers is even so if the Pythagorean Theorem says a2 + b2 = c2, can a, b and c all be odd?

Stephen La Rocque.>