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---
id: 5900f3f61000cf542c50ff09
challengeType: 5
title: 'Problem 138: Special isosceles triangles'
forumTopicId: 301766
---
## Description
<section id='description'>
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 = √(172 82) = 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.
</section>
## Instructions
<section id='instructions'>
</section>
## Tests
<section id='tests'>
```yml
tests:
- text: <code>euler138()</code> should return 1118049290473932.
testString: assert.strictEqual(euler138(), 1118049290473932);
```
</section>
## Challenge Seed
<section id='challengeSeed'>
<div id='js-seed'>
```js
function euler138() {
return true;
}
euler138();
```
</div>
</section>
## Solution
<section id='solution'>
```js
// solution required
```
</section>