SOLUTION: how to find out if three set of numbers are the measurments of the side of the triangle

SOLUTION: how to find out if three set of numbers are the measurments of the side of the triangle

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Question 557262: how to find out if three set of numbers are the measurments of the side of the triangle
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The three sides can make a triangle iff (if and only if) the sum of the lengths of any two sides is strictly greater than the length of the third side. Equivalently, they can make a triangle iff the sum of the shorter two sides is greater than the longest side.
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