SOLUTION: A triangle has a base with length 13, with the other two sides equal in length. If the lengths of the sides of the triangle are integers, what is the shortest possible length of a

SOLUTION: A triangle has a base with length 13, with the other two sides equal in length. If the lengths of the sides of the triangle are integers, what is the shortest possible length of a

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Question 497035: A triangle has a base with length 13, with the other two sides equal in length. If the lengths of the sides of the triangle are integers, what is the shortest possible length of a side?
Answer by cleomenius(959) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The shortest possible length will be 7, as by the Triangle Inequality theorem, the sum of any two sides of a triangle must be larger than third side.
Cleomenius.
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