document.write( "Question 549040: What is the range of whole number measure of the third side of a triangle given the measure of 6 and 19 \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The sum of the measurses of the two shortest sides of a triangle must be strictly greater than the the measure of the longest side.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Assume that 19 is the longest side of the triangle, then the missing side that we can say measures

for the sake of discussion, must satisfy the inequality

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Assume that

is the longest side of the triangle, then

must satisfy the following inequality:

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Putting the two together:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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