Loretta and her family are going on vacation. Their destination is 610 miles from their home. Loretta is going to share some of
the driving with her dad. Her average speed while driving is 55 mph and her dad's average speed while driving is 65 mph. The plan is for Loretta to drive for this first 4 hours of the trip and her dad to drive for the remainder of the trip
The triangle inequality states that the sum of the lengths of the two shortest sides of a triangle must be greater than the length of the largest side. Because 4 + 12 > 17 is not a true statement, the answer is "This triangle does not exist because the sum of 4 and 12 is less than 17."