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Special Isosceles Triangles

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Consider the isosceles triangle with base length, b=16, and legs, L=17.

By using the Pythagorean theorem it can be seen that the height of the triangle, h=17282=15, which is one less than the base length.

With b=272 and L=305, we get h=273, which is one more than the base length, and this is the second smallest isosceles triangle with the property that h=b±1.

Find L for the twelve smallest isosceles triangles for which h=b±1 and b, L are positive integers.

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