SOLUTION: What is the best description for a triangle or triangles, if any, that can be formed with sides measuring 60 centimetres, 100 centimeters, and 40 centimetres? Is it one, two, or m

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Question 1134332: What is the best description for a triangle or triangles, if any, that can be formed with sides measuring 60 centimetres, 100 centimeters, and 40 centimetres? Is it one, two, or many similar scalene triangles, or is it no triangles at all?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Triangle Inequality Theorem Test:
60%2B100%3E40, yes.
100%2B40%3E60, yes.
60%2B40%3E100, NO.

Those sides do NOT make for a triangle.