Is it possible to make a right-angled triangle with side lengths that are all perfect squares?
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Let's say this was possible:
Let x 2 , y 2 , and z 2 be the sides of the right triangle. Plugging them into a 2 + b 2 = c 2 , we have x 4 + y 4 = z 4 . By Fermat's Last Theorem , we know this must have no positive integer solutions ( x , y , z ) , and thus there cannot exist a right triangle with perfect square sides.