Problem 1103. Right Triangle Side Lengths (Inspired by Project Euler Problem 39)

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Vishal on 13 Oct 2020

Hi Team,

I am getting error after submitting as,

"We're sorry, but something went wrong. We've been notified about this issue and we'll take a look at it shortly"

But completion bar has been incremented.
Thanks and Have a Good DaY

学凯刘 on 10 Jan 2021

Well I don't know why I can't pass the test
could anyone help

function c = right_triangle_sides(p)
c = {};
k=1;
for i=1:ceil(p/3)
for j=i:ceil((p-i)/2)
if i^2+j^2==(p-i-j)^2
c(k)=mat2cell([i j p-i-i],1);
k=k+1;
end
end
end
end

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Nguyễn Văn Đức on 28 Jun 2021

So great!

Daniela on 16 Oct 2022

great!

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john perkins on 4 May 2021

very challenging

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Sergio Enrique Pinto Castillo on 9 Aug 2020

I think, the statement of the problem is not complete. The reference problem is not available. I know very well about right angle triangles but I do not have the idea on how to find the solutions. Please help me out.

Vishal on 13 Oct 2020

Hi Castillo,
it is just iteration of 3 sides using perimeter and summing up the three iteration variable for perimeter check then for right angle triangle check (Pythagoras)...
Hope this helped you...(:

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Marek Macák on 25 Nov 2020

Thank you :)

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Miles Walker on 12 Dec 2019

Works, but is horribly inefficient especially for higher p...

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Aurelien Queffurust on 18 Dec 2012

solution using a Neural Network Toolbox function ;)

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