SOLUTION: sophie drew a triangle and reported the lengths is 3 inches, 10 inches and 9 inches can these three numbers represent the measures of the sides of a triangle? show how you determin
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Question 1101047: sophie drew a triangle and reported the lengths is 3 inches, 10 inches and 9 inches can these three numbers represent the measures of the sides of a triangle? show how you determined the answer to the question?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a = 3, b = 10, and c = 9 are the three sides of the triangle.
A triangle is only possible if we can add any two sides to have the sum be larger than the third side
a+b = 3+10 = 13 which is larger than c = 9
b+c = 10+9 = 19 which is larger than a = 3
a+c = 3+9 = 12 which is larger than b = 10
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So we've shown that the three inequalities below are true
a+b > c
b+c > a
a+c > b
Meaning that a triangle is possible with these three measurements.
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