document.write( "Question 944005: A triangle has two sides of length 8 and 2. What is the smallest possible whole-number length for the third side? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Let the third side = x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The sum of any two sides must be greater than the third side\r\n" );
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document.write( "8 + 2 > x\r\n" );
document.write( "   10 > x\r\n" );
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document.write( "8 + x > 2\r\n" );
document.write( "    x > -6\r\n" );
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document.write( "2 + x > 8\r\n" );
document.write( "    x > 6\r\n" );
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document.write( "So 6 < x < 10\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the smallest whole number length the third side could have is 7.\r\n" );
document.write( "The largest whole number length the third side sould have is 9.\r\n" );
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