document.write( "Question 1143916: Two sides of an isosceles triangle are 17 and 8. What is the perimeter of the triangle ? I got A. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "The lateral side length can not be 8 due to \"triangle inequalities\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, the lateral side length is 17.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the perimeter is  17 + 17 + 8 = 42.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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