Legit I am not being silly I'm just trying to answer the question as best as I think I understand it - If you wanted a triangle that had sides that were 5 in long I suspect you would add a half inch to each side if you were looking for a half inch seam - So I tried my little experiment with a piece of paper and it seems to work as long as all of your sides are the same

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