SOLUTION: If two sides of a triangle are 3 ft and 4ft, then the third side must be LONGERthan ____ft. (Hint: the sum of any two sides must be greater than the remainingside.)

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Question 1102266: If two sides of a triangle are 3 ft and 4ft, then the third side must be LONGERthan ____ft. (Hint: the sum of any two sides must be greater than the remainingside.)
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Then the third side must be longer than the DIFFERENCE of the lengths of the two other sides:

third side must be longer than 4 - 3 = 1 (one) ft.


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