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---
id: 5900f3931000cf542c50fea6
challengeType: 5
title: 'Problem 39: Integer right triangles'
forumTopicId: 302054
---
## Description
<section id='description'>
If <var>p</var> is the perimeter of a right angle triangle with integral length sides, {a,b,c}, there are exactly three solutions for p = 120.
{20,48,52}, {24,45,51}, {30,40,50}
For which value of <var>p</var>`n`, is the number of solutions maximized?
</section>
## Instructions
<section id='instructions'>
</section>
## Tests
<section id='tests'>
```yml
tests:
- text: <code>intRightTriangles(500)</code> should return a number.
testString: assert(typeof intRightTriangles(500) === 'number');
- text: <code>intRightTriangles(500)</code> should return 420.
testString: assert(intRightTriangles(500) == 420);
- text: <code>intRightTriangles(800)</code> should return 720.
testString: assert(intRightTriangles(800) == 720);
- text: <code>intRightTriangles(900)</code> should return 840.
testString: assert(intRightTriangles(900) == 840);
- text: <code>intRightTriangles(1000)</code> should return 840.
testString: assert(intRightTriangles(1000) == 840);
```
</section>
## Challenge Seed
<section id='challengeSeed'>
<div id='js-seed'>
```js
function intRightTriangles(n) {
return n;
}
intRightTriangles(500);
```
</div>
</section>
## Solution
<section id='solution'>
```js
// Original idea for this solution came from
// https://www.xarg.org/puzzle/project-euler/problem-39/
function intRightTriangles(n) {
// store the number of triangles with a given perimeter
let triangles = {};
// a is the shortest side
for (let a = 3; a < n / 3; a++)
// o is the opposite side and is at least as long as a
for (let o = a; o < n / 2; o++) {
let h = Math.sqrt(a * a + o * o); // hypotenuse
let p = a + o + h; // perimeter
if ((h % 1) === 0 && p <= n) {
triangles[p] = (triangles[p] || 0) + 1;
}
}
let max = 0, maxp = null;
for (let p in triangles) {
if (max < triangles[p]) {
max = triangles[p];
maxp = parseInt(p);
}
}
return maxp;
}
```
</section>