A triangle has two sides of length 1 and 8. What is the smallest possible whole-number length for the third side?

Mathematics

1 answer:

valkas [14]2 years ago

7 0

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

For the smallest possible length, this has to be one of the shorter sides. Let the length of this side be x.

So, by the triangle inequality theorem, 1+x>8, which means x>7.

So, the smallest possible whole number length is 8.

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