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Question 951978: Triangle ABC is an acute triangle. Two of it sides measure 11 cm and 14 cm. What is the range of possible values for its third side?
Answer by MathLover1(20849) About Me  (Show Source):
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ABC is acute triangle. Forget about that. The important thing here is the two sides: 11cm and 14cm.

recall: in any triangle one side has to be less than the sum other two sides; so, the 3rd side has to be less than 14cm%2B11cm=25cm and has to be greater than the difference 14cm-11cm+=+3cm (you can't do 11-14 because sides of triangle are always positive)
Now we know that the third side can be anything between 3cm and 25cm.
your answer is: 3cm%3Cx%3C25cm