280.A Triangle With Perimeter Forty
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Positive integers a, b and c satisfy a^2 + b^2 = c^2 and a + b + c = 40. What is the value of c?
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Substitute c = 40 - a - b into the Pythagorean relation; the squares cancel and leave a tidy linear-ish equation.
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