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To find the answer for Pythagorean Triple you have to use the Perfect square chart.



and you also have to use " The Mullet "





A Pythagorean triple has three sides, a, b and c. The right angle sign is always facing the hypotenuse or c.



When solving a pythagorean triple you have to put which numbers are on which side, a = 3, b = 5, c = ?. Then you have to use the equation a 2 + b 2 = c 2 then place the letters to the numbers that belong to it, 3 2 + 5 2 = c ?. Then by using the perfect square find what 3 2 and 5 2 equal to, 3 2 = 9 and 5 2 = 25. Then add 9 + 25 together and the answer will equal c 2, c 2 equals 34. Also you need to use "the mullet". First look at the perfect square chart and see what 34 is between at, 5 2 = 25 and 6 2 = 36. Then take away 25 from 34 which = 9. Right draw them just like the square at the top. To get the fraction of "the mullet" you take the smaller squares number which is 5 2 or 5 as the whole then take the number that you had to add to 5 2 = 25 to get 34, 9. Then add the add the smaller square number to the largest square number = 5 + 6= 11 this will become the denominator. To get the decimal you have to divide the numerator to the denominator 9/11= 5.81 ( repeatedly ).

Now its your turn to try a Pythagoras Word Problem
 * Donna's TV screen is 20 inches long. If the diagonal measures 25 inches, how long is the width of Donna's TV?**