document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=270933>Question 270933</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If a triangle has sides 4, 5, and x what is the smallest amount possible for x?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) Just less than 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c) Just larger than 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d) 1 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The triangle inequality theorem states that any side of a triangle is always shorter than the sum of the other two sides.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So 5 has to be shorter than the sum of 4 and something.  The smallest that something can be is any amount bigger than 1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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