SOLUTION: Determine whether the given measures can be the lengths of the sides of a triangle. write yes or no, please explain 4,6,13 a, No; the first side is not long enough b, yes; th

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Question 1006785: Determine whether the given measures can be the lengths of the sides of a triangle. write yes or no, please explain
4,6,13
a, No; the first side is not long enough
b, yes; the third side is the longest
c, Truesides is greater than the third
d, False not greater than the third

Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The list of options is strange.

Use Triangle Inequality Theorem. Each of these must be true for the given lengths to form a triangle:


Are they ALL true? Obviously the first of them says and this is false. No triangle for the three given lengths.

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