Right-angled triangle puzzle

In the right-angled triangle below, a and b are integers and b < 2010. Find a and b.

Right-angled triangle solution

Problem Page Coordinator: Stephen Lee CMath MIMA – Mathematics in Education and Industry

Acknowledgement: The IMA are indebted to MEI for sourcing and supplying Mathematics Today with these well-known puzzles.

First published in Mathematics Today (December 2014)

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