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\(\sqrt{x^2+y^2}\ =\ 5\)

 

The solutions to this equation are all points with a distance of  5  from the origin.

 

So this is the equation of a circle with a radius of 5 centered at the origin.

 

 

I used a little help from here: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/518856/integral-points-on-a-circle

 

There is a Pythaogrean triple with a hypotenuse of 5

A triangle with side lengths 3, 4 and 5 is a Pythagorean triple. So...

 

From the origin, we can go over 3 units and either up or down 4 units to reach an integer solution.

From the origin, we can go over 4 units and either up or down 3 units to reach an integer solution.

 

From the origin, we can go over 0 units and either up or down 5 units to reach an integer solution.

From the origin, we can go over 5 units and either up or down 0 units to reach an integer solution.

 

Here's a graph showing all integer solutions:   https://www.desmos.com/calculator/txwzj5nmt4

 

There are  12  integer solutions.

Jun 26, 2019