SOLUTION: suppose you have three straight sticks of lenghts 10cm, 20cm, and 31cm. Can you arrange these sticks into a triange? If not, why not?

SOLUTION: suppose you have three straight sticks of lenghts 10cm, 20cm, and 31cm. Can you arrange these sticks into a triange? If not, why not?

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Question 325919: suppose you have three straight sticks of lenghts 10cm, 20cm, and 31cm. Can you arrange these sticks into a triange? If not, why not?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
No, given the length of the two shortest pieces L1 and L2, the longest piece needs to be in the range,

L3 is 31 cm and outside of the allowed range.
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