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2007 Guts #14: Similar Triangles
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6/22/2012
We are given some similar triangles. Their areas are
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1^2,3^2,5^2,\cdots,
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and
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49^2
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. If the smallest triangle has a perimeter of
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, what is the sum of all the triangles' perimeters?
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