SOLUTION: Suppose you have three straight sticks of lengths 5 cm, 12 cm, and 19 cm. Can you arrange these sticks into a triangle? If not, why not?

SOLUTION: Suppose you have three straight sticks of lengths 5 cm, 12 cm, and 19 cm. Can you arrange these sticks into a triangle? If not, why not?

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Question 361338: Suppose you have three straight sticks of lengths 5 cm, 12 cm, and 19 cm. Can you arrange these sticks into a triangle? If not, why not?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
not so all the ends will touch.
5+12<19
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Ed
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