document.write( "Question 1144825: One side of a triangle is 8 inches and the other two sides are each equal to a positive whole number of inches. What is the smallest possible perimeter of the triangle?
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document.write( "We have one side as 8.  By the triangular inequality, the other two sides must\r\n" );
document.write( "have a larger sum than 8.  So the smallest their sum can be is 9.  So the smallest\r\n" );
document.write( "possible perimeter is 8+9=17.\r\n" );
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document.write( "There are four possible triangles with that perimeter and positive whole numbers\r\n" );
document.write( "for sides.  They are:\r\n" );
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document.write( "1,8,8 (an isosceles triangle)\r\n" );
document.write( "2,7,8\r\n" );
document.write( "3,6,8\r\n" );
document.write( "4,5,8\r\n" );
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document.write( "In each case the perimeter is 17.\r\n" );
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