Asked by puyr

What value of x that is less than 51 will make (x,45,51)
a Pythagorean triple?(1 point)

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
We need x^2 + 45^2 = 51^2. Compute 51^2 − 45^2 = (51−45)(51+45) = 6·96 = 576, so x^2 = 576 and x = 24.

Thus x = 24 (the triple is 24, 45, 51 — a 3×(8,15,17) triple).