# I need help with my homework

**URL:** <https://racket.discourse.group/t/i-need-help-with-my-homework/1484>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [November 16, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/i-need-help-with-my-homework/1484 "2022-11-16T21:37:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![federico3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ab992/32.png) [@federico3](https://racket.discourse.group/u/federico3)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/i-need-help-with-my-homework/1484/1 "2022-11-16T21:37:11Z")

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A Pythagorean triplet is a set of three natural numbers, a \< b \< c, for which: a^2 + b^2 = c^2. For example: 3^2+4^2=9+16=25=5^2.  
There exists exactly one Pythagorean triplet for which a + b + c = 1000.  
Find the product a x b x c.

Obviously with DrRocket.

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**Author:** ![jbclements](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/jbclements/32/11_2.png) [@jbclements](https://racket.discourse.group/u/jbclements)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 6:28am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/i-need-help-with-my-homework/1484/2 "2022-11-17T06:28:04Z")

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Much like Stack Overflow, I think you'll probably get higher-quality help with your homework if you show what you've done already, and how you're thinking about the problem.

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**Author:** ![jbclements](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/jbclements/32/11_2.png) [@jbclements](https://racket.discourse.group/u/jbclements)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 7:38am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/i-need-help-with-my-homework/1484/4 "2022-11-17T07:38:30Z")

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@cametan , as a teacher, I find it really causes me pain when you supply answers for homework like this. Do you have a suggestion for me?

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**Author:** ![scolobb](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/scolobb/32/108_2.png) [@scolobb](https://racket.discourse.group/u/scolobb)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 9:12am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/i-need-help-with-my-homework/1484/5 "2022-11-17T09:12:00Z")

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As @sorawee says in the other thread, helping with homework questions is okay, but giving the final solution is actually useless, as the student does not learn too much.

@federico3 Please in the future, here or elsewhere, if you have a homework question, tell us what exactly you are unable to do so that we can help you get "unstuck". However, do not expect people to do the homework for you: it is unfair and useless for you as a student.

I am _not_ a moderator of this forum, but I teach programming quite a lot, so I know what I am talking about.