2025 AMC 10A Problem 3

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3.

How many isosceles triangles are there with positive area whose side lengths are all positive integers and whose longest side has length 2025?2025?
20252025
20262026
30123012
30373037
40504050
Answer: D
Concepts:isosceles triangletriangle inequalitycasework
Small hint:
Split into the case where two sides equal 20252025 and the case where 20252025 is the unique longest side
Big hint:
In the second case the two equal sides ss satisfy 2s>20252s \gt 2025 and s<2025s \lt 2025
Solution:
Split into two cases. Say two sides both equal 2025.2025. Then the third side can be any integer from 11 to 2025,2025, which is 20252025 triangles. Now suppose 20252025 is the unique longest side. The two equal legs ss must satisfy 2s>20252s \gt 2025 by the triangle inequality, and s≤2024.s \le 2024. So ss runs from 10131013 to 2024,2024, giving 10121012 triangles. Adding up, 2025+1012=3037.2025 + 1012 = 3037. Thus, D is the correct answer.
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