document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=560275>Question 560275</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> can 7, 8, 18 be a measurment of a triangle in goematry?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Ans: No, because 7+8 is less than 18<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Try it.  Let a line segment be 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Start a legment of length 7 on one end<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and a segment of length 8 on the other end.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Notice that they cannot meet to form a triangle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "because 7+8 < 18.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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