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Re: Math
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>Which natural numbers occur as the area of a right triangle with three rational sides?
>5 is the smallest number that can be used.

Assuming you mean that all 3 sides must have an integer length, and the area must be an integer area, there are at least 2 such triangles:

3-4-5, area 6
5-12-13, area 30
Regards. Al

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