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prealgebra junior

Problem

The lengths of the sides of a triangle in inches are three consecutive integers. The length of the shortest side is of the perimeter. What is the length of the longest side?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Solution
Let , , and be the lengths of the sides of the triangle. Then the perimeter of the triangle is . Using the fact that the length of the smallest side is of the perimeter, it follows that: . The longest side is then . Thus, answer choice is correct.
Final answer
E