SOLUTION: The lengths of two sides of a triangle are 5 and 13. the lengths of all three sides are integers. What is the shortest length the Third side could be? What is the longest length th
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Question 888365: The lengths of two sides of a triangle are 5 and 13. the lengths of all three sides are integers. What is the shortest length the Third side could be? What is the longest length the Third side could be?
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The triangle inequality states that the sum of the measures of any two sides of a triangle must be strictly greater than the measure of the third side. Hence if the three sides are a, b, and c, the following relationships must be true.
a + b > c
b + c > a
a + c > b
Let a = 5 and b = 13, then by substitution into the first and third inequalities above then solving for c, you can derive the answers to your two questions.
John
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