SOLUTION: Please help me with this. Find the perimeter of the triangle if the three sides are: 4, sqrt 5 - sqrt 5, sqrt 5 + sqrt 5 Thanks

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Question 39239: Please help me with this.
Find the perimeter of the triangle if the three sides are:
4, sqrt 5 - sqrt 5, sqrt 5 + sqrt 5
Thanks

Answer by AnlytcPhil(1806) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the perimeter of the triangle if the three sides are:
4, sqrt 5 - sqrt 5, sqrt 5 + sqrt 5
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Thanks
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The problem is botched because "sqrt 5 - sqrt 5" is zero, and
a triangle can't have a side = 0.
Edwin