document.write( "Question 1175353: A triangle has two sides of length 15 and 13. What is the largest possible whole-number length for the third side? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "It must be shorter than the sum of the lengths of the two other sides.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, the maximum possible length for the third side is  (15 + 13 - 1) = 27 units.\r\n" );
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