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Pythagorean Triplets

June 8, 2017

A kid explains that siblings aged 5, 12 and 13 are 'Pythagorean triplets'.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-06-08-pythagorean-triplets/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

A: "You're 12, your sister's a year older, and your brother's only 5, so what the heck kind of 'triplets' are you?"

Kid: "Pythagorean!"

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