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1990 AMC 12/AHSME
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1990 AMC 12/AHSME
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1990 AMC 12 #27
Source:
12/30/2011
Which of these triples could not be the lengths of the three altitudes of a triangle?
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<span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ 1,\sqrt{3},2 \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ 3,4,5 \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ 5,12,13 \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ 7,8,\sqrt{113} \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ 8,15,17
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