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Question 847378: A triangle has base 9, and the other two sides are equal. If the side lengths are integers, what is the shortest possible side? Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 5 -- this is because (5,5,9) forms a triangle since it satisfies the triangle inequality, but (4,4,9) does not.
