Question

Find the Pythagorean triplet in which one number is 32

Answer 1

Answer in explanation below.

Explanation:

32² => 1024 => 1024/4 => 256 => 256 + 1 = 257, 256 - 1 = 255: 32, 255, 257

16² => 256 => 256/4 => 64 => 64 + 1 = 65, 64 - 1 = 63: 2 x ( 16, 63, 65) = 32, 126, 130

8² => 64 => 64/4 => 16 => 16 + 1 = 17, 16 - 1 = 15: 4 x ( 8, 15, 17) = 32, 60, 68

4² => 16 => 16/4 => 4 => 4 + 1 = 5, 4 - 1 = 3: 8 x ( 4, 3, 5) = 32, 24, 40

Answer 2

What is the Pythagorean triplet of 32?

But 32/2 = 16 which is even so:

But 32/4 = 8 which is even so:

But 32/8 = 4 which is even so: