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which set cannot represent the sides of a triangle
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\n" ); document.write( "{4,5,6} good
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\n" ); document.write( "{5,5,11}no, because 5+5 < 11
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\n" ); document.write( "{7,7,12} good
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\n" ); document.write( "{8,8,8} good
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