Question

The sides of a triangle are equal to integral numbers of units. Two sides are four and six units long respectively what is the minimum value for the triangles perimeter?

Answer 1

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Answer:

13

Explanation:

The shortest side must satisfy the relation ...

s > 6 -4

The smallest integer s is s=3, so the shortest perimeter is ...

3 + 4 + 6 = 13 . . . units

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This is 1 unit more than double the longest side.