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2007-01-29 21:43:15 · 3 answers · asked by angelcross37 3 in Education & Reference Homework Help

with integral sides, like without fraction or radicals

2007-01-29 21:57:39 · update #1

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The above answer is true if you have to have a right angled triangle but there are lots of other triangles that you can have if not.
e.g. imagine an isosceles triangle with a base of 5units and two sides of 4 or 3 units.
It basically comes down to the side being long enough to form a triangle i.e. the other two sides add to more that 5 with out either being more than 5.

This comes down to the following

44
43
42
33

so 4 triangles.

Edit- i note that you are allowed other sides with 5 unit length so that increases the allowed triangles to also include
51, 52, 53, 54, 55

So that is 9 triangles

2007-01-29 22:26:36 · answer #1 · answered by tor 4 · 1 0

If you are restricting yourself to whole units, only one (with short sides of 3 and 4). More if you count the mirror images/rotations of that one.

2007-01-30 05:58:54 · answer #2 · answered by Ben C 2 · 0 0

an infinite number, unless there's some other restriction

2007-01-30 05:52:26 · answer #3 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 1 0

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