Pythagorean Triangle/Examples/6-8-10

Example of Pythagorean Triangle
The triangle whose sides are of length $6$, $8$ and $10$ is a Pythagorean triangle.

This is not a primitive Pythagorean triangle.


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Proof
It follows by Pythagoras's Theorem that $6$, $8$ and $10$ form a Pythagorean triple.

Note that $6$ and $8$ are not coprime as $\gcd \set {6, 8} = 2$.

Hence, by definition, $6$, $8$ and $10$ do not form a primitive Pythagorean triple.

The result follows by definition of a primitive Pythagorean triangle.