NCERT Figure it Out 3 - Q2 - The Baudhayana-Pythagoras Theorem

Question: Does the odd-square method yield non-primitive Baudhayana triples? [Hint: one smaller side is one less than the hypotenuse.]

Answer: No - this method only yields primitive triples, because n-1 and n are consecutive integers.

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