Let and be positive integers, where , is odd and is even and .
In right one leg is times the sum of the other two sides and the perimeter is .
If is a primitive pythagorean triple, let
and find the total number of values of for which is a primitive
pythagorean triple
else
enter .
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a = n m ( b + c ) and a + b + c = 2 n ( n + m ) ⟹ b + c = 2 n ( n + m ) − a ⟹
n a = m ( 2 n ( n + m ) − a ) ⟹ ( n + m ) a = 2 n m ( n + m ) ⟹ a = 2 n m
⟹ b + c = 2 n ( n + m ) − 2 n m = 2 n 2 ⟹ c = 2 n 2 − b ⟹
( 2 n 2 − b ) 2 = 4 n 2 m 2 + b 2 ⟹ 4 n 4 − 4 n 2 b + b 2 = 4 n 2 m 2 + b 2 ⟹
n 4 − n 2 b = n 2 m 2 ⟹ n 2 ( n 2 − m 2 ) = n 2 b ⟹ b = n 2 − m 2
⟹ c = 2 n 2 − ( n 2 − m 2 ) = n 2 + m 2
⟹ ( a , b , c ) = ( 2 n m , n 2 − m 2 , n 2 + m 2 ) and ( n , m ) = 1 , n is odd and m is even
and n > m ⟹ ( a , b , c ) is a primitive pythagorean triple ⟹
⟹ a + b + c = 2 n 2 + 2 n m = 2 n m + 5 6 n + 1 8 6 ⟹
2 ( n 2 − 5 6 n − 1 8 6 ) = 0 ⟹ 2 ( n + 3 ) ( n − 3 1 ) = 0 and n > 0 ⟹ n = 3 1
⟹ k = ⌊ 2 3 1 ⌋ = 1 5 .
Note: I used the following theorem below:
Let n and m be positive integers with n > m and a = n 2 − m 2 , b = 2 n m , c = n 2 + m 2 .
The triple ( a , b , c ) is a primitive pythagorean triple if and only if g c f ( m , n ) = 1 and m and n are not both odd.