Problem:
How many non-congruent triangles with perimeter 7 have integer side lengths?
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Solution:
The longest side cannot be greater than 3 , since otherwise the remaining two sides would not be long enough to form a triangle. The only possible triangles have side lengths or . Therefore, the number of triangles is .
The problems on this page are the property of the MAA's American Mathematics Competitions