SOLUTION: A triangular fence is being built to surround a garden. If two of the side lengths must be 5 feet and 11 feet, which inequality could be solved to determine the minimum length of t

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Question 1003503: A triangular fence is being built to surround a garden. If two of the side lengths must be 5 feet and 11 feet, which inequality could be solved to determine the minimum length of the third side?
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Well the third side has to be less than 16 feet or the other sides wouldn't stretch...
AND
It has to be more than 6 feet or that side wouldn't make it to the 11 foot side, thus
6 < x < 16