Triangles with Integer and Rational Sides: One Wayof Working in Elementary and Secondary Education
Primitive triangle, Rational triangle, area, perimeter
In this work we begin by studying triangles with integer sides whose area and perimeter
are related. We also show that starting from any given rational-sided, right triangle, for
example the (3,4,5)-triangle with area 6, we use Euclidean geometry to show that there
are infinitely many other rational-sided, right triangles of the same area. We show further
that the set of all such triangles of a given area is finitely generated under our geometric
construction. Such areas are known as “congruent numbers” and have a rich history