Question 280481
you are given a 14 inch piece of rope. Your instructions are to cut the rope and form a triangle. The only restriction is that you can only cut the rope into lengths that are integers. list the side lenghts of all the possible triangles that could be formed.
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If a,b and c are the sides of a rectangle
(a-b)< c < (a+b)
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6,6,2 yes
5,6,3 yes
4,6,4  " 
3,6,5  "
2,6,7  "
1,6,8 no

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Cheers,
Stan H.