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the lengths of the sides of a triangle are three consecutive odd integers. The perimeter of the triangle is 45in. What is the length of the shortest side of the triangle?
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the lengths of the sides of a triangle are three consecutive odd integers. The perimeter of the triangle is 45in. What is the length of the shortest side of the triangle?

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The middle integer is the average of them, their total divided by 3. The shortest side is 1 less, so is
.. 45/3 -1 = 14
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