2006 AIME II Problems/Problem 2
Problem
The lengths of the sides of a triangle with positive area are , , and , where is a positive integer. Find the number of possible values for .
Solution
By the Triangle Inequality and applying the well-known logarithmic property , we have that
Also,
Combining these two inequalities:
Thus is in the set ; the number of positive integer which satisfies this requirement is .
See also
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