SOLUTION: How would you solve this? "A triangle has a perimeter 29 cm. The sides have lengths, in centimeters, that are consecutive odd integers. What is the length of the longest side?"

SOLUTION: How would you solve this? "A triangle has a perimeter 29 cm. The sides have lengths, in centimeters, that are consecutive odd integers. What is the length of the longest side?"

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"A triangle has a perimeter 29 cm. The sides have lengths, in centimeters, that are consecutive odd integers. What is the length of the longest side?"
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The 3 sides would be s, s+2 and s+4
s + s+2 + s+4 = 3s+6 = 29
3s = 23
There are no integer solutions.

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