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Which set of side lengths would form a right triangle

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These sets of numbers are called the Pythagorean triplets and are sets of 3 integers (let's call the a , b and c ) and satisfy the Pythagorean theorem: a² + b² = c² . That is, they could form a right triangle with sides of length a , b and c .
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