Unraveling the Pythagorean Triplet Mystery

Creating a function that validates whether the three given integers form a Pythagorean triplet

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Step 1: Understanding the Problem

Let’s first understand the problem. We need to create a function that takes three integers as input and validates whether they form a Pythagorean triplet.

A Pythagorean triplet is defined as a set of three integers where the sum of the squares of the two smallest integers is equal to the square of the largest integer.

Here are some examples to illustrate the desired behavior:

isTriplet(72, 54, 90) ➞ true
isTriplet(54, 46, 77) ➞ false
isTriplet(80, 48,64) ➞ true

Note that the numbers may not be given in a sorted order.

Step 2: Creating the Function

Now that we understand the problem, let’s start by creating a function in Java. We’ll name our function isTriplet and declare it with the following syntax:

public static boolean isTriplet(int a, int b, int c) {
    // Function body goes here
}

This function takes three integers as arguments (a, b, and c) and returns a boolean value.