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The first few terms of the Fibonacci sequence are as follows: \[\begin{align} F_1 = 1,&\, F_2 = 1,\, F_3 = 2,\, F_4 = 3,\,\\\\ {\color{Red}F_5 = 5},&\, F_6 = 8,\, {\color{Red}F_ 7 = 13},\, F_8 = 21, {\color{Red}F_9 = 34},\, … \end{align}\] It just so happens that \(5\), \(13\), and \(34\) are also the hypotenuses of right triangles with all integer sides: \[(3, 4, {\color{Red}5}),\ (5, 12, {\color{Red}13}),\ (16, 30, {\color{Red}34}).\] Is every Fibonacci number \(F_{2n - 1}\) for all \(n \geq 3\) the hypotenuse of a right triangle with integer sides?

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