SOLUTION: The sum of any two sides of a triangle must be greater than the length of it third side. If two sides are 3.3 and 5.7 and the perimeter must have an integer length. What are the po

Question 1097679: The sum of any two sides of a triangle must be greater than the length of it third side. If two sides are 3.3 and 5.7 and the perimeter must have an integer length. What are the possibility of the third side? What are the least and the greatest perimeters?

Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Two sides add to 9
The third side has to be at most 8. If 9, then two sides equal the third side, and that won't be a triangle.
If 8, then 3.3, 5.7, and 8 all work
7 works, 6 works, 5 works, 4 works, 3 works, but 2 does not work
3.3, 5.7 and 2 has two sides that are less than the third.
[3, 8]
greatest perimeter is 17
least perimeter is 12
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