SOLUTION: The length of two sides are given. Find the range of possible length for the third side.
8 mm,12 mm
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Question 1107779: The length of two sides are given. Find the range of possible length for the third side.
8 mm,12 mm
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, TeachMath:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Maybe this is a triangle figure. Let this unknown side be x.
You use Triangle Inequality Theorem. I'll set it up for your example but you can solve the rest of the way.
; but you will want to focus on the first two inequalities. (Because you know that x must be a positive real number.)
Answer by TeachMath(96) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
4 mm < third side < 20 mm
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