SOLUTION: A triangle has two sides of length 15 and 13. What is the largest possible whole-number length for the third side?

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Question 1175353: A triangle has two sides of length 15 and 13. What is the largest possible whole-number length for the third side?
Answer by ikleyn(52835)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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It must be shorter than the sum of the lengths of the two other sides.


So, the maximum possible length for the third side is  (15 + 13 - 1) = 27 units.



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