document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=945295>Question 945295</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The base of an isosceles triangle is 3 more than 2 times the length of the legs and the perimeter is 23.  What is the length of the base?  <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #854620 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(53937)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=854620\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The base of an isosceles triangle is 3 more than 2 times the length of the legs <BR>\n" );
document.write( "and the perimeter is 23. What is the length of the base?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As you read this fragment \"The base of an isosceles triangle is 3 more than 2 times the length of the legs\",<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you can immediately throw this \"problem\" to the closest garbage bin, since it describes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a situation which NEVER may happen: such a triangle does not exist, because <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the triangle inequality is VIOLATED.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simply the person who created this \"problem\", does not know Math, does not know basic Math conceptions,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "as well as their inter-relations, and does not know basic Math terminology.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But this does not stop him from inventing flawed Math \"problems\" and circulating them on the Internet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Also, ignore the \"solution\" by @lwsshar3, since it is nonsense of the same degree as the \"problem\" itself. \r<BR>\n" );
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