SOLUTION: you are given a 14 inch piece of rope. Your instructions are to cut the rope and form a triangle. The only restriction is that you can only cut the rope into lengths that are integ

Question 280481: you are given a 14 inch piece of rope. Your instructions are to cut the rope and form a triangle. The only restriction is that you can only cut the rope into lengths that are integers. list the side lenghts of all the possible triangles that could be formed.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
you are given a 14 inch piece of rope. Your instructions are to cut the rope and form a triangle. The only restriction is that you can only cut the rope into lengths that are integers. list the side lenghts of all the possible triangles that could be formed.
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If a,b and c are the sides of a rectangle
(a-b)< c < (a+b)
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6,6,2 yes
5,6,3 yes
4,6,4 "
3,6,5 "
2,6,7 "
1,6,8 no
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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