SOLUTION: The sides of a triangle are 6, 9, and x. How many integer values of x could be the third side of the triangle?

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Question 688263: The sides of a triangle are 6, 9, and x. How many integer values of x could be the third side of the triangle?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
9-6 < x < 9+6

3 < x < 15

So x is a number between 3 and 15 and it cannot equal either 3 or 15.

So

x = 4

x = 5

x = 6

...etc etc


x = 13

x = 14

Basically, x is any whole number from 4 to 14.
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