Nice explanation.
Though you might find it a little neater if a=3 and b=4
or a=5 and b=12
or even a=99 and b=4900
..all resulting in c being a whole number. :-)
They're what's known as pythagorean triples, where a^2 + b^2 = c^2 and a, b & c are all whole numbers.




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