document.write( "Question 1141610: Can the three sides of a triangle be 8 inches, 11 inches and 20 inches long? Why, or why not? Use complete sentences to explain. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "According to triangle inequalities, for any two sides of a triangle, their sum \r\n" );
document.write( "(the sum of their lengths) must be greater than the third side length.\r\n" );
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document.write( "But for these two segments, 8 inches and 11 inches, the sum of their lengths, 8 + 11, \r\n" );
document.write( "is 19 inches, which is less than the length of the third segment, 20 inches.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, the given three segments can not form a triangle.\r\n" );
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