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2025 AMC 10A Problem 3

Problem 3 of 25EasierGeometry

How many isosceles triangles are there with positive area whose side lengths are all positive integers and whose longest side has length 2025?2025?

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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 s2024.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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