document.write( "Question 230115: If two of the sides of a triangle have lengths 2 and 1000, how many integer values are possible for the length of the third side?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #170453 by vleith(2983) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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You know that the sum of any two sides of a triangle must be larger than the remaining side.
\n" ); document.write( "So starting with the side of length 2, we know that $\"2+%2B+x+%3E+1000\"$ or $\"x+%3E+998\"$
\n" ); document.write( "We also 2 + 1000 = 1002. So we know the third side cannot be larger than 1002
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x+%3C+1002\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Thus $\"998%3Cx%3C1002\"$ says the integer values must be 999, 1000, 1001 \n" ); document.write( "

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