Question 2 - Page 49 - Pythagorean triples - Chapter 2 Class 8 - The Baudhayana-Pythagoras Theorem (Ganita Part 2)
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Pythagorean triples
Pythagorean triples (Baudhāyana triples)
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Class 8 (Ganita Prakash - 1, 2 & Old NCERT)
Chapter 2 Class 8 - The Baudhayana-Pythagoras Theorem (Ganita Part 2)
- Doubling a square
- Halving a square
- Hypotenuse of an Isosceles Right Triangle
- Decimal Representation of √2
- Figure it out - Page 39, 40
- Formula for Hypotenuse of an Isosceles Right Triangle
- Combining Two squares
- Baudhāyana’s Theorem on Right-angled triangles
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Pythagorean triples
- Figure it out - Page 50
- A Long-Standing Open Problem
- Further Applications of the Baudhāyana - Pythagoras Theorem
- Figure it out - Page 52, 53, 54
Transcript
Question 2 - Page 49 Is (5, 12, 13) a primitive Baudhāyana triple? What are the other primitive Baudhāyana triples with numbers less than or equal to 20?Yes, (5, 12, 13) is primitive because 5, 12, and 13 share no common factors other than 1. The other primitive triples less than or equal t 20 are (3, 4, 5) and (8, 15, 17).
